Week 11- Building Knowledge

Lecture -

In the lecture we learnt about the relationship between data, information and knowledge. The relationship between the three all links up with data building into information which then minded into knowledge. This helps when you find data and information to back up a theory or question, establishing a greater knowledge to the topic in context. papers, press releases and marketing strategies are examples of knowledge put together with the help of data and information being useful to that topic.

Workshop -

We were asked to find on the Internet some dictionary meanings of the terms data, information and knowledge. www.google.com/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/

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Data-

1. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data".

2. In general, data consist of propositions that reflect reality. A large class of practically important propositions are measurements or observations of a variable.Such propositions may comprise numbers, words, or images.

Information-

1. a message received and understood

2. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

3.Information is the result of processing, manipulating and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the receiver. In other words, it is the context in which data is taken.

Knowledge-

1. cognition: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

2.Knowledge is what is known. Like the related concepts truth, belief, and wisdom, there is no single definition of knowledge on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of knowledge.

3.Knowledge is what is known. Like the related concepts truth, belief, and wisdom, there is no single definition of knowledge on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of knowledge.

5 organisations that rely on data, information and knowledge;

1. Hospitals - Gathering more information on diseases giving more chances to cure the cause
2. Phone Company - increase reception and deals = meaning a larger audience to maintain.
3. Fast food outlets - to find out what kind of food people enjoy to eat.
4. Banks - to gather low interest rates which attracts more customers.
5. Train transport- to see how they can make traveling more comfortable and easier.

Readings

Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
This article describes the process of transferring data to wisdom, and the different steps involved in between the two. It goes through the definitions of data, information, knowledge, wisdom and understanding as well as showing a diagram of what is involved in this process. I found the information in this article to be very informative and easy to understand.
Information Literacy
This website contains a few different quizzes aimed at testing the user’s knowledge of the information presented. Before commencing the quizzes, there is also links to different pages with information to help with successful completion of the quizzes. The information in these pages include research strategies, how to produce and organise knowledge as well as information on how to reference correctly and respecting copyrights.
Data, Information & Knowledge
This article gives the definitions of datum, information and knowledge and talks about the importance of creating information from data and then passing in on as knowledge. Data, without being information is simply stats and facts and doesn’t hold any true meaning. Once information is created from data, you can learn from this information, which in turn becomes knowledge.