2.5 Module 2 Challenge

Freedom from inappropriate use of your data is an element of which aspect of data ethics?

A. Transaction transparency

B. Currency

C. Privacy

D. Consent

C. Privacy

A data team at a nature preserve wants to draw conclusions about the presence and abundance of the bird species on the preserve. Their team's naturalists collect this data, but for funding reasons the most recent data they have is from five years ago. Which aspect of good data are they missing?

A. Cited

B. Original

C. Comprehensive

D. Current

D. Current

A hospital system wants to protect the personally identifiable information of its patients, such as names and medical records. They ask their data team to anonymize the data. What techniques might they use to achieve this goal? Select all that apply.

A. Blanking

B. Sorting

C. Masking

D. Hashing

A. Blanking

C. Masking

D. Hashing

An investor with a background of working and investing in the tech industry interprets any pitch from a tech startup as being more promising than others, even if the information is confusing and unclear. What type of bias does this scenario describe?

A. Sampling

B. Observer

C. Confirmation

D. Interpretation

C. Confirmation

Before completing a survey, a respondent learns more about how their data will be used. They understand why their data is being collected and how long it will be stored. What data ethics concept does this describe?

A. Anonymization

B. Privacy

C. Credibility

D. Consent

D. Consent

A recreation department asks people to respond to a survey about the customer experience in city parks. The survey is only accessible to people who have access to the internet. What type of bias does this scenario describe?

A. Interpretation

B. Confirmation

C. Sampling

D. Observer

C. Sampling

Fill in the blank: The data ethics principle of states that an individual has the right to understand all of the data-processing activities and algorithms used on their data.

A. ownership

B. currency

C. consent

D. transaction transparency

D. Transaction transparency

A government agency allows any business, nonprofit, or citizen to access its databases and reuse or redistribute the data. What type of data is described in this scenario?

A. Allowable

B. Open

C. Closed

D. Free

B. Open

A company collects data on its website's visitors but does not inform visitors how the data will be used or why it is being collected. Which aspect of data ethics is this company violating?

A. Consent

B. Transaction transparency

C. Privacy

D. Currency

A. Consent

Data anonymization aims to protect privacy by removing sensitive information. Which of the following best describes a technique used in data anonymization?

A. Using a de-identification technique like replacing a person's name with a random alphanumeric code.

B. Allowing public access to anonymized datasets while keeping the original data secure.

C. Merging all data sets into a single, large database for easier analysis.

D. Storing all data in its original format but requiring high levels of user authorization for access.

A. Using a de-identification technique like replacing a person's name with a random alphanumeric code.