9.2 Delving into data science L2 Starter

Visualising data can help us to identify patterns and trends in order to gain insights

• True

• False

What is Data Science

• Data science is extracting meaning from large data sets in order to gain insights to support decision-making.

• Deciding what data is made from and how it reproduces

• Data Science is the Periodic table

• Data Science is about examining information

Is the following a visualisation or an infographic?

• Visualisation

• Infographic

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of data science?

• Data science is extracting meaning from large data sets in order to provide insights to support decision-making

• Data science is using computers to analyse data and to perform calculations on the data to produce information

• Data science is performing experiments and recording the data produced by those experiments

• Data science is writing code to make sure that any inaccuracies in data sets are spotted and removed (cleaned)

Which of the following best describes a data visualisation?

• Presenting related data so that a user can see individual items of data

• Making sure that data is accessible and that no data is hidden

• A visual representation that communicates relationships among the data

• A collection of graphs that tell a story when put together