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    Unstructured Data Vs Structured

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    The document discusses structured and unstructured data. It provides examples of unstructured data like audio, video, emails, photos, and social media which are harder to analyze in their raw format. However, data about unstructured data is often structured for analysis. Structured data is organized into a format like rows and columns and works well within data models and databases, making it easier to analyze. The document also touches on the challenges of analyzing unstructured data and ensuring the tools used are inclusive and unbiased.

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    Unstructured Data Vs Structured

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    The document discusses structured and unstructured data. It provides examples of unstructured data like audio, video, emails, photos, and social media which are harder to analyze in their raw format. However, data about unstructured data is often structured for analysis. Structured data is organized into a format like rows and columns and works well within data models and databases, making it easier to analyze. The document also touches on the challenges of analyzing unstructured data and ensuring the tools used are inclusive and unbiased.

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    The document discusses structured and unstructured data. It provides examples of unstructured data like audio, video, emails, photos, and social media which are harder to analyze in their raw format. However, data about unstructured data is often structured for analysis. Structured data is organized into a format like rows and columns and works well within data models and databases, making it easier to analyze. The document also touches on the challenges of analyzing unstructured data and ensuring the tools used are inclusive and unbiased.

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    Unstructured data

    Hi, great to see you again! Earlier, we compared some data formats, including structured and
    unstructured data. Most of the data being generated right now is actually unstructured. Audio
    files, video files, emails, photos, and social media are all examples of unstructured data. These
    can be harder to analyze in their unstructured format. But here's the good news, you'll be
    working with structured data most of the time. For example, if you need to analyze data about
    the unstructured data in emails, photos, and social media sites, it'll most likely be structured for
    analysis before you even get to it. Because of that, I want to explore structured data a bit more.
    As a quick refresher, structured data is data organized in a format like rows and columns. But
    there's definitely more to it than that. Structured data works nicely within a data model, which is
    a model that is used for organizing data elements and how they relate to one another. What are
    data elements? They're pieces of information, such as people's names, account numbers, and
    addresses. Data models help to keep data consistent and provide a map of how data is
    organized. This makes it easier for analysts and other stakeholders to make sense of their data
    and use it for business purposes. In addition to working well within data models, structured data
    is also useful for databases. This makes it easy for analysts to enter, query, and analyze the
    data whenever they need to. This also helps make data visualization pretty easy because
    structured data can be applied directly to charts, graphs, heat maps, dashboards and most
    other visual representations of data. Alright, so now we know that spreadsheets and databases
    that store data sets are widely used sources of structured data. After you explore some other
    data structures, you'll check out more data types using a spreadsheet. The adventure
    continues!
    The structure of data
    Data is everywhere and it can be stored in lots of ways. Two general categories of data are: 

     Structured data: Organized in a certain format, such as rows and columns.


     Unstructured data: Not organized in any easy-to-identify way.
    For example, when you rate your favorite restaurant online, you're creating structured data. But
    when you use Google Earth to check out a satellite image of a restaurant location, you're using
    unstructured data. 

    Here's a refresher on the characteristics of structured and unstructured data:


    Structured data
    As we described earlier, structured data is organized in a certain format. This makes it
    easier to store and query for business needs. If the data is exported, the structure goes
    along with the data.

    Unstructured data
    Unstructured data can’t be organized in any easily identifiable manner. And there is
    much more unstructured than structured data in the world. Video and audio files, text
    files, social media content, satellite imagery, presentations, PDF files, open-ended
    survey responses, and websites all qualify as types of unstructured data.

    The fairness issues


    The lack of structure makes unstructured data difficult to search, manage, and analyze.
    But recent advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms are
    beginning to change that. Now, the new challenge facing data scientists is making sure
    these tools are inclusive and unbiased. Otherwise, certain elements of a dataset will be
    more heavily weighted and/or represented than others. And as you're learning, an unfair
    dataset does not accurately represent the population, causing skewed outcomes, low
    accuracy levels, and unreliable analysis.

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