Data vs information

1. Data vs information
Data Information
1. Data is scattered/unorganized. 1. Informationisalwayswell-organized.
2. Data isn’talwaysmeaningful. 2. Informationisalwaysmeaningful.
3. Basic fact/data are raw materials 3. Convertedfact/processeddatais
information.
4. Data is unintelligible. 4. Informationisintelligible.
(comprehensible)
5. Data is a representationof information. 5. Informationisinterpreteddata.
6. Data may not be inorder. 6. Informationshouldbe inorder.
7. It helpsindecisionmaking. 7. It isdirectlyusedindecisionmaking.
8. Data are not alwaysinusable form. 8. Informationisalwaysinusable form.
9. Observationandrecordingare done to
obtaindata
9. Analysisisdone toobtaininformation.