1 Differentiate between Data and Information?

Answer 1

= How do you distinguish between data and information? = I THOUGHT DATA WAS THE OFFSPRING OF IMFORMATION, CONSIDERING DATA WOULD BE THE GATHERING OF INFORMATION. IT COULD SAID BE LIKE THIS: ALL THE INFORMATION YOU REQUESTED DATA ON HAS BEEN STORED IN YOUR HARD DRIVE, THEIR THE TWO TOGETHER IN ONE SETENCE. ON THE OTHER HAND DATA.. INDUCTIVE REASONING: A TREMENDOUS SEA OF INFORMATION.. YOU HAVE TO SEE ENOUGH, TO REMEMBER ENOUGH INFO TO PUT IT TOGETHER. I SAID THAT.... GENA

Answer 2

data is a contrast is a collection of facts ,figures and observation or events ,resresented in the form of symbols such as digits,alphabets, pictures and so on .it is a basic raw material in the process of the generation of information. it is a stream of raw facts representing events occuring in an organisation before they have been organised and arranged in a form that people can understand and use

.it can be collected from internal sources as well as external sources.

data is like raw materials have been processed in a systematic way.

information: information is data that has been put into meaningful and

useful context. it is a set of facts , which reduces uncertainty and makes more sense to the user than just plain data information has value in decision- making while data does not have such meaning within a specific context. according to the classic information systems definition,information is knowledge drived from data .in this a clear distinction is the amount of uncertainty that is reduced when a data recieved.davis olson have suggested the following definition of information ."information is data that has been processed into the form that is meaningful to the recipient and is having real perceived value in current or prospective decision". information consists of data that has been retrieved , processed and which can used for the informative purposes for forecasting or decision-making.

Answer 3

DATA are raw form of facts and figures collected from the environment which can not be used instantly for any decision making other hand INFORMATION is the collection of data in a meaning full way which can produce to take any decision based on some plan.

Answer 4

Data is the collection of raw facts and figures whereas information is the useful result or inference etc. obtained after processing some data. In other words processed data is called information. For example the observations obtained in the physics lab is the DATA and the result obtained after going through that data is the INFORMATION.

Answer 5

data is raw that usually doesn't make sence, information is organised and is useful

Answer 6

data is raw fact. eg.40. but information is collection of data.

Answer 7

Data may be any thing but information is well managed data which have some meaning

Answer 8

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