Information Systems And Data vs. Information

Information Systems:

Generic Goal:

n Transform Data into Information

n At the Core of an Information System is a Database (raw data).

Data Processing:

n Recall that a basic system is composed of 5 components

n Input, Output, Processing, Feedback, Control

n Typically processing helps transform data into information.

Input                          OutPut

Processing

Processing

Data vs. Information

Data:

nraw facts

nno context

njust numbers and text

Information:

ndata with context

nprocessed data

nvalue-added to data

nsummarized

norganized

nanalyzed

Data vs. Information

nData: 51007

nInformation:

n5/10/07 The date of your final exam.

n$51,007 The average starting salary of an accounting major.

n51007  Zip code of Bronson Iowa.

Data vs. Information

Data         

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n6.45                                                             

n6.39                                                        

n6.62

n6.57                                               

n6.64

n6.71                                                      

n6.82

n7.12                                             

n7.06

Information