ACCA Applied Knowledge · Business and Technology · Financial systems and technology
Which of the following best describes the difference between data and information?
Data is raw facts and figures with no context, while information is data that has been processed and organised so it is meaningful and useful to the person receiving it for decision-making.
- AData is raw facts and figures; information is data that has been processed into a form meaningful to the userCorrect
- BData is always numerical; information is always in words
- CInformation is unprocessed input; data is the output of a system
Explanation
Data consists of raw, unprocessed facts and figures. When processed, organised and given context so that it is meaningful to a user, it becomes information. The other options reverse or misstate this relationship, and data can be non-numerical.
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