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Computer Science · Ch 7 — Understanding Data

Summary

Summary

  • Data refer to unorganised facts that can be processed to generate meaningful result or information.

  • Data can be structured or unstructured.

  • Hard Disk, SSD, CD/DVD, Pen Drive, Memory Card, etc. are some of the commonly used storage devices.

  • Data Processing cycle involves input and storage of data, its processing and generating output.

  • Summarising data using statistical techniques aids in revealing data characteristics.

  • Mean, Median, Mode, Range, and Standard Deviation are some of the statistical techniques used for data summarisation.

  • Mean is the average of given values.

  • Median is the mid value when data are sorted in ascending/descending order.

  • Mode is the data value that appears most number of times. …