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Data Acquisition

Data acquisition involves collecting raw data from relevant sources. There are two main types of data: numeric data (discrete or continuous) and text data. Data can also be structured, unstructured, or semi-structured depending on whether it has a defined structure or pattern. Some other types of data include time-stamped, machine, spatiotemporal, open, real-time, and big data. Training data refers to input data used to train a system while testing data is the processed output data used to test or evaluate a system.

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Data Acquisition

Data acquisition involves collecting raw data from relevant sources. There are two main types of data: numeric data (discrete or continuous) and text data. Data can also be structured, unstructured, or semi-structured depending on whether it has a defined structure or pattern. Some other types of data include time-stamped, machine, spatiotemporal, open, real-time, and big data. Training data refers to input data used to train a system while testing data is the processed output data used to test or evaluate a system.

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Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition
Understanding data acquisition:
 Data Acquisition consists of two words:
1. Data : Data refers to the raw facts ,
figures, or piece of facts, or statistics
collected for reference or analysis.
2. Acquisition: Acquisition refers to
acquiring data for the project. The stage of
acquiring data from the relevant sources is
known as data acquisition.
Classification of Data
Basic Data
Basically, data is classified into two categories:
1. Numeric Data:
Mainly used for computation.
Numeric data can be classified into the following:
Discrete Data
Continuous Data
o Discrete Data: Discrete data only contains
integer numeric data.
It doesn't have any decimal or fractional value.
The countable data can be considered as discrete
data.
For example 132 customers, 126 Students etc.
o Continuous Data:
It represents data with any range. The
uncountable data can be represented in
this category.
For example 10.5 KGS, 100.50 Kms etc.
2. Text Data: mainly used to represent
names, collectition of words together,
phrases, textual information etc
Structural Classification
 The data which is going to be feed in the
system to train the model or already fed in
the system can have a specific set of
constraints or rules or unique pattern can be
considered as structural data.
The structure classification is divided into 3
categories:
Structured Data:
Unstructured Data:
Semi-Structured Data:
1. Structured Data:

The structured data can have a specific


pattern or set of rules.
These data have a simple structure and
stores the data in specific forms such as
tabular form.
Example, The cricket scoreboard, Your
school time table, Exam datasheet etc.
2. Unstructured Data:

The data structure which doesn't have any


specific pattern or constraints as well as
can be stored in any form is known as
unstructured data.
Mostly the data that exists in the world is
unstructured data.
Example, Youtube Videos, Facebook
Photos, Dashboard data of any reporting
tool etc.
3. Semi-Structured Data:
It is the combination of both structured
and unstructured data.
Some data can have a structure like a
database whereas some data can have
markers and tags to identify the structure
of data.
Other Classification This classification is
sub divided into the following branches:
1. Time-Stamped Data:
This structure helps the system to predict
the next best action.
It is following a specific time-order to
define the sequence.
This time can be the time of data captured
or processed or collected.
2.Machine Data:
The result or output of a specific program,
system or technology considered as
machine data.
It consists of data related to a user's
interaction with the system like the user's
logged-in session data, specific search
records, user engagement such as
comments, likes and shares etc.
3.Spatiotemporal Data:

The data which contains information


related to geographical location and time
is considered as spatiotemporal data.
It records the location through GPS and
time-stamped data where the event is
captured or data is collected.
4.Open Data: It is freely available data for
everyone. Anyone can reuse this kind of
data.
5. Real-time Data: The data which is
available with the event is considered as
real-time data.
6. Big Data:
The data which cannot be stored by any
system or traditional data collection
software like DBMS or RDBMS software
can be considered as Big data.
Data Features
Data features refer to the type of data to be
collected.
Here two terms are associated with this:
1. Training Data:
2. Testing Data:
1. Training Data:
The collected data through the system is
known as training data.
The input given by the user in the system
can be considered as training data.
2. Testing Data:

The result data set or processed data is


known as testing data.
The output of the data is known as testing
data.

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