G8 - Managing Data - L01 - Worksheet 1 USE TEMPLATE
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Worksheet 1 – Evaluating models of real-life systems
Key Vocabulary
Model / Data model
A digital data representation of a real-life scenario; the scenario is broken down into individual attributes,
which are represented as data items in the model.
Data
Raw information, values, facts and Tgures.
Questions
1) Here are some criteria someone using a model may care about.
Look at the words/phrase below:
margin of error easy to update scaling up
development cost bias assumptions
time to run (execution time) features data quality
fairness limitations
Group the words/phrases that are similar to the key words below. The Trst word/phrase has been Tlled in for
you.
Key word: ACCURACY
margin of error, ...............................................................................................................................................
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Key word: COST
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Key word: USABILITY
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Key word: ETHICS
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2) Look at the model below, that is being used to summarise what the weather was like during the previous week.
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