Data, Datasets and Metadata

• Data: A collection of facts.
• Dataset: A collection of data that can be manipulated or analyzed as one unit.
• Database: A collection of data stored in a computer system
• Data element: A piece of information in a dataset
• Metadata: Data about data.

Administrative Metadata

• Indicates the technical source of a digital asset.

Descriptive Metadata

• Describes a piece of data and identifies it.

Structural metadata

• Indicates how a piece of data is organized.

Data Analysis

• Transformation, collection, and organization of data used for drawing conclusions

Data Analytics

• Science of data

Data Analysis Process

• Includes 6 phases: ask, prepare, process, analyze, share, act.

Data Analyst

• Someone who collects, transforms, and organizes data.