Discussion: Activities Encapsulated by Working With Data

According to Kirk (2016), most of your time will be spent work with your data.  The four following group actions were mentioned by Kirk (2016):

• Data acquisition: Gathering the raw material
• Data examination: Identifying physical properties and meaning
• Data transformation: Enhancing your data through modification and consolidation
• Data exploration: Using exploratory analysis and research techniques to learn

Select 1 data action and elaborate on the actions performed in that action group.

Reference: Kirk, A. (2016). Data Visualisation: A Handbook for Data Driven Design (p. 50). SAGE Publications.