1. Chapter 1 – Question # 4 Group F Del Moral, Maria Lascano-Velez, Marcela Powlett, Nayon Varela, Brian

2. What is information ? Definitions vary. Information is: – Knowledge derived from data. – Data presented in a meaningful context. – Data processed by summing, ordering, averaging, grouping, comparing, or other similar operations. – A difference that makes a difference.

3. The key is to differentiate between data and information ! Data : raw materials for data processing Information : data that has already been processed in a way that it has meaning to the person who receives it.

4. Information is Subjective What may be important to you may not hold the same level of importance to someone else. Data in a manufacturing system may be very important to that system. When it’s combined with data from other systems, it may lose its prominence in the larger context.