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Quantitative vs qualitative data
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Quantitative is numbers you can count or measure. Qualitative is words, images and sounds — descriptions.
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Define: metadata
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Data about other data — the time, place, device or author attached to a file rather than its content.
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Why can metadata be more revealing than content?
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It shows who, where, when and how often, without anyone reading a word — which is enough to map someone's life.
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Kinds of data the guide names
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Cultural, financial, geographical, medical, meteorological, transport, scientific and statistical.
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