Data vs. Information

• Data vs. Information

Data:
raw facts
no context
just numbers and text

Information:
data with context
processed data
value-added to data
summarized
organized
analyzed
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• Data:

Meaning
Data is raw, unorganized facts that need to be processed. Data can be something simple and seemingly random and useless until it is organized.
Example
Each student's test score is one piece of data

Information:

Meaning
When data is processed, organized, structured or presented in a given context so as to make it useful, it is called Information.
Example
The class' average score or the school's average score is the information that can be concluded from the given data

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