In the following case study, determine what would be considered data and what would be considered information: New patient Alice
Jones is a 32-year-old female who presents with chest pains. She tells you that, in the past, she has been diagnosed with rosacea and is allergic to latex. In addition, she has had surgery for a broken arm. She does not smoke; is a social drinker; and has no family history of heart problems.
Data is just a single raw fact that has nothing much to do with the case, in the given data patient name 'Alice Jones', her age '32' and her gender 'female' are all data.
While information are such raw facts which as whole are meaningful like in detection of certain disorder or to reach the depth or pattern if inheritance of any disease related to the patient.
In the given case, chest pain, previous detection with rosacea, latex allergy, broken arm surgery, drinking not smoker no family history of heart problems are all information here.