Question

Explain Content is not data.

Answer 1

Data and information or knowledge are often used interchangeably; however data becomes information when it is viewed in context or in post-analysis.

While the concept of data is commonly associated with scientific research, data is collected by a huge range of organizations and institutions, including businesses (e.g., sales data, revenue, profits, stock price), governments (e.g., crime rates, unemployment rates, literacy rates) and non-governmental organizations (e.g., censuses of the number of homeless people by non-profit organizations).