Collecting and Processing Data and Information

____ are raw facts and figures, such as numbers, words or symbols.

For something to be data, it must have no meaning, structure or _______

___________ is data that has been processed (given meaning, context and structure).

What would this image be an example of?

• Data

• Information

Text gives us information on the quality of data, known as ______ data

Numbers give precise measurements or quantities, known as ______ data

Which of the following are advantages of using tables to present data compared to graphs / charts?

• Easy to read and interpret when presenting lots of data

• Good at organising information

• Can pair text with numbers to make analysis easier

Radar charts are good at directly comparing the different qualities of two pieces of data

• True

• False

What are these examples of?

• Sparklines

• Bar charts

• Radar charts

• Scatter graphs

Sparklines should include axis labels, titles and data values.

• True

• False