AP CSP Unit 5 Vocab

Question 1

Metadata

Answer 1

data about data

Question 2

Citizen Science

Answer 2

scientific research conducted in whole or part by distributed individuals, many of whom may
not be scientists, who contribute relevant data to research using their own computing devices.

Question 3

Cleaning Data

Answer 3

a process that makes the data uniform without changing its meaning (e.g., replacing all
equivalent abbreviations, spellings, and capitalizations with the same word).

Question 4

Correlation

Answer 4

a relationship between two pieces of data, typically referring to the amount that one varies in
relation to the other.

Question 5

Crowdsourcing

Answer 5

the practice of obtaining input or information from a large number of people via the Internet.

Question 6

Information

Answer 6

the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data

Question 7

Data bias

Answer 7

data that does not accurately reflect the full population or phenomenon being studied

Question 8

Data filtering

Answer 8

choosing a smaller subset of a data set to use for analysis, for example by eliminating / keeping
only certain rows in a table