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Data, Information and Knowledge How are DATA, INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE linked?  DATA DATA - description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning. - a collection of te...

Data, Information and Knowledge How are DATA, INFORMATION and KNOWLEDGE linked?  DATA DATA - description of things, events, activities, and transactions that are recorded, classified, and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning. - a collection of text, numbers and symbols with no meaning. Data therefore has to be processed, or provided with a context, before it can have meaning.  DATA EXAMPLES OF DATA: 3, 6, 9, 12 camel, cows, goats, donkeys 161.2, 175.3, 166.4, 164.7, 169.3 A, B, C Abdullah, Mohammed These are meaningless sets of data. They could be anything but without a context we don’t know what they are.  INFORMATION INFORMATION - refers to data that have been organized so that they have meaning and value to the recipient. - is data that has meaning. - is the result of processing data, usually by computer.  INFORMATION EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION: DATA INFORMATION 3, 6, 9 and 12 are the first four 3,6,9,12 answers in the 3 x table camel, cows, goats, donkeys camel, cows, are some of the animals you goats, donkeys can find in the mountains of Dhofar 161.2, 175.3, 161.2, 175.3, 166.4, 164.7, 166.4, 164.7, 169.3 are heights of students 169.3 in a class in centimeters Only when we assign a context or meaning does the data become information. https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/  INFORMATION When does data become information? Data on its own has no meaning. It only takes on meaning and becomes information when it is interpreted. Data consists of raw facts and figures. Information is usually the processed outcome of data. When data is processed into information, it becomes interpretable and gains significance. Information is useful because it means something. If we put Information into an equation it would look like this: Data + Meaning = Information https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/  KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE- - consists of data and/or information that have been organized and processed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current business problem. - the use of information to solve problems.  KNOWLEDGE If we put Knowledge into an equation it would look like this: Information + application or use = Knowledge https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/  DATA, INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION: DATA INFORMATION 161.2, 175.3, 161.2, 175.3, 166.4, 164.7, 166.4, 164.7, 169.3 are heights of students 169.3 in a class in centimeters EXAMPLE OF KNOWLEDGE: If we now apply this information to gain further knowledge we could say that: The tallest student in the class is 175.3 centimeters https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/  KNOWLEDGE EXAMPLES OF INFORMATION: DATA INFORMATION 3 CGPA is 3 EXAMPLE OF KNOWLEDGE: A company hiring students from our University has found that students with CGPA over 3.0 have had the most success in its programs. Therefore, based on its experience, that company may well decide to interview only those students with CGPA over 3.0.  DATA, INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE How are Data, Information and Knowledge linked? https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/