1. 8th Edition: Read Case #4 – “Manipulating the Data to Find Your Version of the Truth”, then answer the following questions:
How do they turn the data into information?
“Manipulating the Data to Find Your Version of the Truth”
To build something that uses data to solve meaningful business questions, you need to identify a place where there is a market need and a business framework for transforming that data into meaningful information. Data gets turned into information by the data getting interpreted and presented. For example, in this case study, Joseph Romm took climate data and turned it into a chart so that he could teach people. You have to look at years and years of data to see trends and turn it into information to see what the future climate predicts.
In conclusion, the results themselves show that the majority of people do not take symptoms seriously and would only know about a certain disease when it is too late. It also shows that Tuberculosis, as tragic as it can be, is not known by many teenagers and adults. This means that people are not aware of Tuberculosis and would certainly mistake it with other diseases. This would lead to them not taking the right precautions, which would probably put their life in danger if they do not visit a doctor or are not consulted by someone fast enough. The importance of this research comes from the fact that by raising awareness, hundreds of thousands of lives would be saved every year, and people diagnosed with the disease will try to take more caution when being among others. This by itself would contribute to help in eradicating this disease which is indeed one of the many goals of the World Health Organization and other health related groups around the world. Knowing that Tuberculosis is a life-threatening disease displays the necessity of raising awareness about this matter. I believe that the best way in doing so is by making Tuberculosis campaigns all around the country, which aim at increasing the people’s knowledge about this disease. Another way would be to show information about this disease on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit. In my opinion, It is really necessary for schools to put together lectures every once in a while for students and teachers in order to make them aware of the danger of Tuberculosis. This will also mean that the students who attend the lecture will make sure that their parents and siblings will also know about the Tuberculosis disease. Finally, by raising awareness about Tuberculosis, we can surely help in fully eliminating this deadly disease.