6.1.1

• What is data?

  unprocessed raw facts and figures
• What are the main points of data?


  data has no meaning

  data can be qualitative (non-numerical) or quantitative (numerical)

  data is raw facts and figures

  data can be made up of anything
• What is information?


  Information is data that has been put into context to make it meaningful (2)
• What is knowledge?


  Knowledge comes from applying rules to information (1) so that meaningful decisions can be made (1)
• Explain why raw data is transferred into information?

  Data is raw and has no explicit meaning

  Information gives data context
• Explain the relationship between information and knowledge?

  Information and knowledge remove the raw idea of data and give it context.

  Knowledge is applying rules to information return a correct result.