Data vs. Information
This is raw, unprocessed facts without context.
What is data?
Data that consists of numbers and measurable values.
What is quantitative data?
The process of identifying trends and patterns in data.
What is data mining?
The first stage of the data life cycle.
What is data creation?
The two main categories of data collection.
What are primary and secondary data?
This is structured data that provides meaning and context.
What is information?
Data that describes qualities and characteristics.
What is qualitative data?
Using data from multiple sources to find common entities.
What is data matching?
The stage where data is stored and protected.
What is data storage?
A structured way of storing data in tables and fields.
What is a database?
The diagram that represents the transformation from data to wisdom.
What is the DIKW pyramid?
Data that includes information on location and mapping.
What is geographical data?
A technique used in business to predict future trends.
What is predictive analysis?
The stage where data is analyzed and shared.
What is data usage?
The unique identifier for records in a database.
What is a primary key?
This stage of DIKW applies knowledge to make decisions.
What is wisdom?
Data stored about other data, like file size and author.
What is metadata?
An example of data use in fraud detection.
What is transaction monitoring?
The process of maintaining data for future use.
What is data preservation?
The process of ensuring entered data is valid and correct.
What is data validation?
The process of deriving meaning from organized information.
What is knowledge?
Data used in health records and patient monitoring.
What is medical data?
The process of extracting insights from large data sets to improve decision-making.
What is data analytics?
The final stage of the data life cycle.
What is data destruction?
The process of checking that entered data matches the original source.
What is data verification?