Unit 6 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. data that does not accurately reflect the full population or phenomenon being studied
  2. 3. the practice of obtaining input or information from a large number of people via the Internet
  3. 5. an ordered collection of elements
  4. 7. the process of accessing each item in a list one at a time
  5. 9. scientific research conducted in whole or part by distributed individuals, many of whom may not be scientists, who contribute relevant data to research using their own computing devices.
  6. 12. a process that makes the data uniform without changing its meaning (e.g., replacing all equivalent abbreviations, spellings, and capitalizations with the same word).
  7. 13. a repetitive portion of an algorithm which repeats a specified number of times or until a given condition is met
  8. 14. the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data
  9. 15. the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data
  10. 16. a common method for referencing the elements in a list or string using numbers
Down
  1. 1. choosing a smaller subset of a data set to use for analysis, for example by eliminating / keeping only certain rows in a table
  2. 4. a relationship between two pieces of data, typically referring to the amount that one varies in relation to the other.
  3. 6. manage complexity in programs by giving a collection of data a name without referencing the specific details of the representation
  4. 8. data about data
  5. 10. Loop occurs when the ending condition will never evaluate to true
  6. 11. an individual value in a list that is assigned a unique index