Question

Data are __________.

A.

pieces of information
B.

pieces of remote sensing equipment
C.

computer programs
D.

objects that orbit the Earth

Answer 1

A. pieces of information. Kinda.

Information is what is built out of data when people add meaning to it.

But if you wanna know how tall people are, The fact that I'm 65 inches tall is a data point. It's sort of useless without a question or a trend (I'm taller than I was as a kid!)

Answer 2

The correct answer is A.

Data are pieces of information, values or set of values which correspond to individuals in a population and which describe a quantitative (numerical) or qualitative (attribute description) variable. Data usage is not limited to fields connected to scientific research, in fact, nowadays, data is an asset for many organizations: businesses, institution, non-governmental organizations.