Data, information and online sources
Data is raw facts with no meaning yet: numbers, words, readings. Information is data that has been processed so it has meaning. Paper 1 asks for the term most years: processed data that has meaning is information.
By the end of this page you can
- Tell data from information
- Name the main kinds of document
- Judge online information for authenticity, currency, relevance and bias
- Answer data and information questions
Goals tick themselves off as you try the activities below.
Photo: Ladabohac, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped to four food items (restaurant name, staff name, stamp, signature and drinks removed), resized, JPEG q72.
A handwritten bill is a source document: the first record of the data. Totals and sales reports made from it are information.
How often it shows up in past papers
All papers7 of 14 papers
Last 53 of 5 · 2019–2025
Paper 1 counts come from our past-paper bank of CSEC Information Technology Paper 1s. The last-5 row shows how often it came up in the five most recent papers.
Inside this topic
- Data and documentsLocked
- Can you trust it?Locked
- Key termsLocked
- Test yourselfmarkedLocked