Difference Between Data & Information Explained With Examples

The words data and information are often used interchangeably. That is why in this video, I will elaborate the differences between data and information along with examples.

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Formal definitions.

Data is raw unfiltered unorganized facts. Data is important, but without context, it is useless. For example, if I put some random numbers in front of you, It is not very likely to make much sense.

The word data comes from a singular latin word. Datum. It literally means something given.

Information is what you get after processing data and finding the hidden meaning behind it.

When data is presented with a proper context and we can derive a logical meaning from it, it will be called information.

Information is dependent upon data. If there is no data, there will be no information. Information can be extracted from data.

Examples:

I talked about random numbers. After seeing the dollar signs, you can understand that these are some specific amount of money. Nothing else can be derived from it. But if we know that these are the data for a specific companies revenue over the last four quarters, then we can derive the information on how the company has been doing over this period of time.

Another example, if we see the data of the amount of temperature changing over the last 140 years, we can find interesting information. The data is about the changes in temperature in the overall year in the entire planet. the information that the temperature has been increasing steadily after 1970s and the rate of increase in the data has gotten alarmingly high after 2010. so, the information we have in hand is that the globe is warming.

But the it is only getting warmer by 0.9 degree Celsius per year right. Not that much hot right. Less than one degree. Hah!

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Anyway. Data alone does not make sense. But we cannot have information without data. Both are important.



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Timestamps:

Intro - 0:00
Definition of Data - 0:25
Definition of Information - 1:15
First Example - 1:49
Second Example - 2:19
Bonus Content - 4:10
Conclusion - 5:35