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1
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Two main formats of data?

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Structured and Unstructured

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2
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Data is dericed from the word _______, which means _________.

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Datum, given/facts

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Structured data is ______, ______, _______, _______.

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Organized, easy to manage
Tabular Format
Predefined structure
Text and Numbers

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Unstructured data is ______, ______, _______, _______.

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Unorganized, difficult to manage
No specific format
No predefined structure
Text, images, audio, video

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5
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Examples of unstructured data

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Reports and email messages
Surveillance videos

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Quantitative data is also called

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Numerical Data

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Quantitative data can be

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count, measure, represent with numbers

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Qualitative data is also called

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categorical data

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9
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Qualitative data can be

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group into categories

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10
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Data does not tell anything without context.

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True

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Data context refers to

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information that provides meaning to data

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12
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Characteristics of data:

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Time frame
Location and source

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13
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Characteristics of the data are also called

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Metadata

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14
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What is the goal of data in organizations?

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Support Business Objectives

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15
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Data can help organizations by?

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Improving decision making

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How can Data help business organizations?

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Profitability
Social Good
Research
Customer Satisfaction and Employee Happiness
Measure ROI (Return on Investments)
Optimize processes and find new opportunities

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17
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How does data help in healthcare?

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Monitor Personal Data

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18
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What is supply chain?

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The sequence of processes involved in the production and distribution of a product.

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What is the goal of data in healthcare?

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Detect and prevent health problems
Turn patient care into precision medicine
Advancing healthcare research worldwide

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What is the goal of data in supply chain?

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Make sense of the massive amount of generated data

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21
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Metrics used to optimize supply chain?

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Average Inventory
Inventory turnover ratio

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22
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What is inventory turnover ratio?

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Calculates how often a company has sold and replaced inventory during a given period.

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23
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Common analytics technique used in supply chain to predict whether the right products will be in stock in time?

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Demand Forecasting

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24
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How does data help in education?

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User feedback

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25
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What does the DIKW pyramid stand for?

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Data
Information
Knowledge
Wisdom

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26
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This pyramid highlights the journey data takes in order to become valuable wisdom.

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DIKW pyramid

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27
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What is the foundation of the DIKW pyramid?

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Data

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28
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Data without context?

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Raw Data

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29
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_________ is (organized) data with context.

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Information

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30
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______ is a higher level of understanding than data and is created by adding context to data.

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Information

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31
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_________ is information with meaning.

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Knowledge

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32
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Transforming data to _______ is the hardest part of the entire pyramid.

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Wisdom

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33
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Add more meaning to the information at hand and understand the relationships between each piece of information.

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Transforming knowledge into wisdom

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34
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Allows us to make decisions and apply our knowledge the world around us.

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Wisdom

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35
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What is decision making?

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Decision making is the process to make the right choices at the right time.

36
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Data driven decision making is a five-step process, name the five steps.

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01 - Ask Question
02 - Gather Data
03 - Prepare Data
04 - Conduct Analysis
05 - Make Decision

37
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The journey of a data-driven process starts with ________________.

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Identifying the question you are looking to answer.

38
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A good question will

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Outline exact what you are looking to answer
Prevent scope creep
Ensure success throughout the rest of the process

39
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Collecting data is finding out _____________.

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where you should source your data

40
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Preparing data can mean many things:

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Clean bad to good data
Arrange data into expected structure for analysis

41
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In some cases the ___________ phase can be the most cumbersome taking up to 80% of the overall time for the entire decision making process.

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data preparation

42
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This step is critical because it is what transforms our data into something we can make decisions with.

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Analyzing data

43
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This step is ultimately interpreting the results and making a decision.

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Making decisions

44
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This whole process is also iterative in nature.

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Making decisions

45
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In order to solve the burden of overwhelming data, what should you do?

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Summarize the data into smaller pieces of information to make informed decisions.

46
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What translate raw data into summaries that are easier to understand?

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Aggregations

47
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Common aggregations:

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Simple average (mean)
Totals aka sums
Minimums and Maximums
Modes

48
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Aggregations allow you to focus on

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A specific attribute of a dataset

49
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Aggregations appear in many ways throughout organizations:

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Metrics
Benchmarks
KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)

50
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The field of ________ is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all the subdomains into one unifying structure

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Data Management

51
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seeks to ensure that data is consistent, trustworthy, and isn’t misused.

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Data Governance

52
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Ensures that data is accurate, valid, complete, and consistent.

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Data Quality

53
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go hand in hand to oversee data access, use and protection.

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Data Privacy and Security

54
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Ensures that data is collected, stored, and used ethically

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Data ethics

55
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Principles of data ethics:

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  1. Permission for data collection
  2. Transparency about the plan
  3. Privacy of data
  4. Good Intentions
  5. Consider the outcome
56
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Asking for user consent before collecting data. Users are in control of their data.

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Permission

57
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Being transparent of how you plan to use, store, and collect data

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Transparency

58
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Lack of transparency may lead to reputation and legal damage.

59
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Refers to secluding (information about) yourself

60
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Requires individuals to be in control of how their data is collected and used.

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Data Privacy

61
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What does PII mean?

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Personal Identifiable Information

62
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Individual Responsibilities for Privacy Protection:

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Strong Passwords
Up-to-date operating systems
Cautionary Internet Browsing

63
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How to prevent data breaches:

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Limit sharing sensitive data
Pseudo data anonymization

64
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Data is collected for the right reasons
Question yourself about the reasons you collect data

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Intentions

65
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Are there consequences of my actions?
Protecting vulnerable populations

66
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is a branch of ethics that deals with the moral problems related to data. It is a code of behavior that specifies what is right and wrong in the handling of data.

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Data ethics

67
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a framework to regulate data from its collection to its use, analysis, and disposal.

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Data Life cycle

68
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Steps in the Data Life Cycle?

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Planning and Collecting
Storing and Managing
Cleaning and Processing
Analyzing and visualizing
Sharing
Archiving/destroying

69
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Why is data life cycle important?

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Ensure data is regulated responsibly
Identify potential areas for improvement
Improve efficiency and effectiveness of operations

70
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What part of the Data Lifecycle stage focuses on sharing of roles and responsibilities?

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Plan and collect stage

71
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What part of the Data Life cycle stage is where you need to prepare a business question that answers the need of your stakeholders

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Plan and collect stage

72
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What part of the Data Life Cycle Stage seeks to achieve optimal results in terms of time and cost?

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Plan and collect stage

73
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What part of the Data Lifecycle stage also focuses on collecting or creating data?

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Plan and collect stage

74
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What Data Lifecycle stage manages data stored in databases or data warehouses?

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Store and Manage stage

75
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What part of the Data Lifecycle stage ensures that the data is easily accessible to the right person and can be managed overtime?

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Store and Manage stage

76
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What data lifecycle stage includes Removal of PII?

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Store and Manage stage

77
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How to clean and process data before proper data analysis

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Formatting data
Dealing with missing values or errors
Transforming data into a more usable form

78
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What part of the data lifecycle stage focuses on analyzing raw data for new insights?

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Analyze and Visualize stage

79
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Data is easier to interpret when visualized

80
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What part of the data lifecycle stage focuses on Communicating your results with stakeholders?

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Share stage

81
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Example of sharing insights

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Dashboards, reports, papers

82
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What part of the data lifecycle stage focuses on when to kept or delete data?

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Archive or destroy stage

83
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Data archiving can be met with the following:

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Data Backups
Documentations
Digitizing

84
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Data destruction is done on rare cases. This is done to what?

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Protect private information
Resources can be freed up

85
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Common mistakes about data:

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Not having a clear goal or question
Insufficient or wrong data
Lack of appropriate analysis
No clear communication of results

86
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The data sample doesn’t represent all the data.

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