1. Knowledge
1.1. What is knowledge?
1.2. Knowledge is skill, facts or information that has been gained through experience or education. It can expressed in either practical or theoretical ways.
1.3. How is knowledge taught?
1.3.1. Is knowledge important?
1.3.2. Knowledge is one of the most important characteristics a person could possibly have, it allows for them to understand the industry they work in or broadly just have knowledge on a certain topic. If a person has Knowledge that person is seen as a classy and well brought up individual, which will therefore lead to them having a successful life.
1.4. Knowledge is mainly gained through education this can be through school or university. It enables you to get a job in the respective industry allowing for income.
1.5. Can knowledge be self taught?
2. Yes, knowledge can be self taught this is because there a multiple websites in todays world that provide us with videos explaining the certain topic we are unaware of meaning that teachers and lecturers are not needed as much compared to the 1900s
3. INFORMATION
3.1. What is information?
3.2. Information is expressed in words and facts rather than numbers. This therefore encourages descriptive analysis to be able to understand the information provided. Information is genuinely provided to someone who is unsure of what the task requires them to do.
3.3. Why is information important in todays world?
3.3.1. How is information expressed on products?
3.3.2. Information is generally expressed in words meaning that there will be an instruction on the either the back or front of the product explaining how to use the product.
3.4. Information is extremely important in todays world because the world is constantly changing with new technologies being produced, this means that many people are unaware of how to use these new products meaning that information needs to be provided so that that are they can understand the product.
3.5. Who uses Information
3.6. Almost every person on the planet has been exposed to information and has presented information to a person. Information is used to communicate between either two people or a large group of people. It is used to help people understand certain criteria.
4. DATA
4.1. What is data?
4.1.1. How can data be expressed?
4.1.2. Data can be expressed in multiple ways, through line graphs, forms, tables and charts. The data needs to be expressed well so that the person is able to analyse and understand the information. The data is numerical rather than words.
4.2. Data is facts that have been collected together for reference and analysis. It is brought together so that a respective person can read and analyse the data to gain a answer from it. It allows for accurate research and greater understanding of the topic. Data is expressed in numbers.
4.3. Why is data used in research?
4.4. Data is used in research because it allows for easy and effective ways to understand and read data. It is expressed as raw data that was has been generated through a form or survey this therefore allows for the data to be analysed and understood.
4.4.1. Why is data important in research?
4.4.2. Data is seen as very important within the research community because it is expressed as raw data meaning that the data has not been changed or altered this allows for researches to study the raw data which will allow them to further understand the data.
4.5. Who uses data?
4.6. Data is used by almost every person on the planet. Schools use data to test the students on how to analyse and understand the data. Researches use data to understand the certain topic they researching or to gain an answer from it.
4.6.1. Jobs use data to be able to take recordings of the amount of stock they have and how much stock is being sold.
4.6.2. Data in hindsight is very important for many people and businesses as it allows for understanding and answers.
5. The differences between data, information and knowledge
5.1. Data, information and knowledge all have similar characteristics that join them together however they are expressed differently and have different meanings.
5.1.1. Data is expressed in numbers and is raw data that allows for researches to gain knowledge through the raw data.
5.1.2. Information is expressed through words and letters rather than numbers however it still provides an understanding of a certain topic which is the same as data.
5.1.3. Knowledge is gained through information and data which can be used in different areas of life. Data and Information are the make up of Knowledge.