CIMA E1 Syllabus B. Technology In A Digital World - Principal Sources Of Data - Notes 4 / 12
Sources of Data
Data has 4 Main Sources
Human / Social
Machine
Processed
Open
Let's look at these in more detail:
Human / Social
This is often non-numerical.
It comes from humans eg. Social media date includes the user's location.
Human/social data can be more difficult for data analysis software to handle, because it's often not numerical
Examples
Customer feedback
Focus Groups
Social Media
Machine
Devices have inputs which they use for their outputs - the output is the data
Examples
Wearable Tech
Smart Phones
Thermostats
Location Trackers
Processed
This is data that has been collected, cleaned and sorted in a way ready for further use by a business.
Open
This is publicly available data, accessible by all.
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