AP CS Principles Unit 5 Vocab

information

the collection of facts and patterns extracted from data

cleaning data

a process that makes the data uniform without changing its meaning

citizen science

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

crowdsourcing

the practice of obtaining input or information from a large number of people via the Internet

simulation

a representation that uses varying sets of values to reflect the changing state of a phenomenon