Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data: revision quiz and key terms
Free practice for Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data in Pearson BTEC Tech Award in Digital Information Technology. It covers: full topic test for Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data. Try the questions, then check the key terms.
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How is raw data described?
A pivot table allows data to be quickly summarised and rearranged.
Which of these is an example of information rather than data?
Secondary data is collected first-hand by the person who will use it.
Which chart is most suitable for showing how a company's sales changed month by month over a year?
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Key terms for Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data
- Construction sector
- Uses data modelling to plan projects and manage building resources.
- Dashboard
- A single screen that summarises key information using charts and figures.
- Data
- Raw facts and figures that have not been processed and have no context.
- Information
- Data that has been processed and given context so that it has meaning.
- Pivot table
- A spreadsheet tool that quickly summarises and rearranges large amounts of data.
- Primary data
- Data collected first-hand by the person who will use it, such as through a survey.
- Secondary data
- Data that has already been collected by someone else, such as government statistics.
- Sparkline
- A small, simplified chart typically shown within a single cell.
What Component 2: Collecting, Presenting and Interpreting Data covers
In RADevo this topic has a full topic test and a focused quiz for each part:
- C2A: Data Collection Methods
- C2A: Data Suitability
- C2A: Data and Information
- C2A: Quality of Information
- C2A: Representing Information
- C2A: Sectors and Data Models
- C2A: Threats to Individuals
- C2B: Creating a Dashboard
- C2B: Data Processing
- C2C: Drawing Conclusions
- C2C: Presenting Effects
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