Data in a simple format is information that is or was collected and is able to used for comparing or processing to another large amount of data collected. Data can be shown and used as numbers or letters and be used as statistics for references or analysis.
Data can be found everywhere around you. It is stored and collected in phones such as screen time analysis, big brands or companies use data to project profits and losses, bus timetables or list of prices in a convenience store. Data is everywhere and is being collected all the time, allowing us to progress and understand eachother more.
Data can be used to measure, identify or predict certain scenarios or behaviours. Many gym applications for example collect data about their users aswell as letting the user to see this data such as;
This can be an advantage as the user can then track their records, improve and reach their final goal
Data can be presented in many different ways when it is collected. It can be firstly stored digitally or physically written on paper, but nowadays people tend to input their data digitally to create charts that allow us to notice any trends, increase or decrease in wanted outcomes. How you choose to represent your chart is important as it can affect the way the information will be received.
Different chart types