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What is Data?
Data refer to facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis; on its web page, MathisFun (2014) defines data is a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or even just descriptions of things.
For our understanding of Data, this needs to know about Simple Statistics, Â Mean, Median, Mode, Range.
According to this site, Data can be qualitative or quantitative.
Importantly, 'making sense of data and statistics requires an ability to interpret and reflect on numerical and statistical information in a variety of documents.' (Green, 2016)
References
Math is Fun (2014). What is Data. Retrieved 20 October 2016 from https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/data.html