data manipulation
Changing stored facts
Data manipulation is the process of changing, organizing, or transforming data to make it more useful or readable.
In computing and statistics, it covers operations like sorting, filtering, merging, and reformatting datasets: The analysis required extensive data manipulation before we could run the models.
The term can also carry negative connotations when it implies altering data deceptively to support a desired conclusion.
- parsingGrammatical structure extraction
- aggregatingCollecting into a total
- filteringSelective passage of elements
- sortingArranging into sequence
- falsificationDeliberate alteration of truth
wrangling · SQL · cleaning · Python · fabrication · number crunching · normalizing · cherry-pick · doctor · cook · encoding · fudge · Excel · ETL · anonymization · transforming · R · merging
- data processingnormalization, standardization, encoding, scaling, aggregation
- Science Debatesclimate change, global warming, evolution debate, vaccine safety, creationism
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- cutting thingschopping, mincing, julienne, chiffonade, cubing
- disinformationdisinformation, misinformation, misinformation campaigns, fake news, propaganda
- SASmacros, datasets, procedures, formats, arrays
data manipulationdata collection
Systematic accumulation of facts
data acquisition · data capture · data storage · data retrieval · direct observation