Data Collection

What is an example of technology-based data collection?

• Watching a video online

• Google searches

• Reading a book

• Writing a letter.

When a topic is quickly growing in popularity, it is often said to be ______.

• declining

• trending

• static

• irrelevant

Which of the following is NOT a type of data collected when you provide your purchase history at a store?

• Transaction Date/Time

• Purchased items

• Favorite color

• Location

When making predictions based on data, it is assumed that there is enough data to make the prediction. This means that the data collected can be used to predict what is going to happen next. Fill in the blank: Making predictions or describing trends based on data assumes that the data to make the prediction exists, meaning there is enough data out there where we can use it to make these predictions, and you are basing a prediction on a significant amount of data that can lead you to believe what is going to happen ____.

• now

• next

• never

• always

What is the primary purpose of using Google Trends?

• To visualize search history data

• To create new search engines

• To delete search history

• To block unwanted websites

Google Trends allows you to visualize data about search history across different times and _______.

• devices

• locations

• languages

• browsers

Fill in the blank: To understand the exact nature of the relationship between data, usually additional research with several data sets is necessary. This is because correlation does not imply ______.

• A) Popularity

• B) Causation

• C) Importance

• D) Visualization

Fill in the blank: Correlation does not equal ________.

• Iteration

• Causation

• Interaction

• Data

Metadata is considered ______.

• a type of software

• data about data

• a form of encryption

• a digital footprint.

What should you consider when looking at visualizations?

• Only the facts

• Only the opinions

• Both facts and opinions

• Neither facts nor opinions