1) Define usable in your own words.
Usable means that if you really wanted to use the data, you could.
2) Define useful in your own words.
Useful means that the data is helpful to a problem you are trying to solve.
3) How usable would the receipts from every McDonald's transaction in a day be?
1. Extremely usable
2. Somewhat usable
3. Not usable at all
4) How usable would your family's medical records be?
1. Extremely usable
2. Somewhat usable
3. Not usable at all
5) How useful would 30 random social security numbers be?
1. Extremely useful
2. Somewhat useful
3. Not useful at all
6) How useful would every grade that you've ever received be?
1. Extremely useful!
2. Somewhat useful
3. Not useful at all
7) How useful would the results from hooking a robot up to a polygraph machine
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be?
1. Extremely useful!
2. Somewhat useful
3. Not useful at all
8) Which of these data sets would be the most usable? Why?
● the results from hooking a robot up to a polygraph machine
● every grade that you've ever received
● 30 random social security numbers
