Data Analysis 1: What is Data? - Computerphile

What is data? Dr Mike Pound begins to formalise this much used word. This is part 1 of the Data Analysis Learning Playlist: • Data Analysis with Dr ...
This Learning Playlist was designed by Dr Mercedes Torres-Torres & Dr Michael Pound of the University of Nottingham Computer Science Department. Find out more about Computer Science at Nottingham here: bit.ly/2IqwtNg
This series was made possible by sponsorship from by Google.
/ computerphile
/ computer_phile
This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.
Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: bit.ly/nottscomputer
Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at www.bradyharan.com

Пікірлер: 158

  • @Computerphile
    @Computerphile5 жыл бұрын

    Check out the full Data Analysis Learning Playlist: kzread.info/head/PLzH6n4zXuckpfMu_4Ff8E7Z1behQks5ba

  • @neumdeneuer1890
    @neumdeneuer18905 жыл бұрын

    Please make a video where Mike is just going aroud the campus pointing on things, persons and asking the camera whether this is data ;)

  • @GoatzAreEpic
    @GoatzAreEpic5 жыл бұрын

    HAAHHAHAHA THAT EDITING OF THE RACE IS AMAZING I LOVE THIS CHANNEL

  • @JesusisAlive_33

    @JesusisAlive_33

    5 жыл бұрын

    thats one part of this channel i really admire

  • @MrFeupinha

    @MrFeupinha

    5 жыл бұрын

    Freaking love Mike and Computerphile.

  • @returnexitsuccess
    @returnexitsuccess5 жыл бұрын

    4:56 "Degrees kelvin" *several physicists are typing*

  • @raining1975

    @raining1975

    5 жыл бұрын

    returnexitsuccess , can’t you convert Celsius to kelvin and change it from interval to ratio?

  • @returnexitsuccess

    @returnexitsuccess

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@raining1975 Yes you can, my comment was referring to the fact that Kelvin is not a "degree" scale, it is an absolute scale.

  • @nahco3994

    @nahco3994

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@returnexitsuccess Isn't it the same with his pH example? The pH scale is logarithmic, not linear, and it measures the concentration of hydrogen ions. So I got the feeling that it wasn't really the best example for what he was trying to say.

  • @harrysvensson2610

    @harrysvensson2610

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@returnexitsuccess I am so furious with you because you taught me that Kelvin is not referred to with degrees. I hate this. I want to write 3° K. But because of you I won't. I'll write 3 K instead. Thanks a lot for ruining my day.

  • @misterhat5823

    @misterhat5823

    5 жыл бұрын

    Don't forget the Rankin scale.

  • @DarrinCullop
    @DarrinCullop5 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to Sean for saying "01" instead of "1" so that it sorts properly with episode "10".

  • @valudax00
    @valudax005 жыл бұрын

    That race animation was just pure gold! And as always - dr Mike Pound is great. Keep up the awesome work!

  • @aungthuhein007
    @aungthuhein0075 жыл бұрын

    Computerphile doing what the best stats books couldn't do in a 10-minute video! Thanks a whole ton Mike! This is priceless for me!

  • @fritsrits7591
    @fritsrits75915 жыл бұрын

    You promised to use

  • @flurki

    @flurki

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he said he was going to try to, that's not a promise :P

  • @goagalg784
    @goagalg7843 жыл бұрын

    When the four data types were enumerated, we should say that the third, the interval data, allow for two main operations: 1.differences (or delta): 30 degrees minus 20 degrees = 10 degrees is a meaningful calculation; 2. Ratios of such differences. E.g. (50-30)/(30-20)=2 is meaningful in the way that it takes twice caloric energy to change a body’s temperature from 30 to 50 degrees than to change it from 20 to 30

  • @userou-ig1ze
    @userou-ig1ze5 жыл бұрын

    he's so upbeat it's hard to believe he's in academia

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fortunately I swallowed my drink before reading that comment.

  • @userou-ig1ze

    @userou-ig1ze

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@MrCmon113 but why? Too much gritty disillusionment?

  • @MrFeupinha

    @MrFeupinha

    5 жыл бұрын

    I love how much passuion he has, Mike is my favorite!

  • @ethank5681

    @ethank5681

    4 жыл бұрын

    Toxic academics are the worst

  • @userou-ig1ze

    @userou-ig1ze

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ethank5681 They're the new 'normal'

  • @harodl6663
    @harodl66635 жыл бұрын

    love the Netflix aproach of releasing the whole season at once

  • @stephens4490

    @stephens4490

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know what to binge on tonight!

  • @Disillusioned_one
    @Disillusioned_one5 жыл бұрын

    4 kids is double of 2 kids, that's too many kids. That killed me.

  • @spicybaguette7706
    @spicybaguette77064 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine him going around campus asking about random objects: "is this data?" "What's wrong with Dr. Pound?" - Nothing, he's just like that

  • @JTedam
    @JTedam Жыл бұрын

    Mike. You are phenomenal. You explain like you understand, as you do. Clear and precise.

  • @VladVladislav790
    @VladVladislav7905 жыл бұрын

    Now I kinda want to know avarage hex value of people's favorite colors

  • @AnujShahshahmanuj

    @AnujShahshahmanuj

    5 жыл бұрын

    Or just the average wavelength/frequency

  • @steamyjungleman
    @steamyjungleman5 жыл бұрын

    As a data analyst, a lot of people get really caught up in r and python. They are great tools for sure, but, if you have access to a database then nothing beats good old fashioned sql for sorting, cleansing and transforming and quick analysis.

  • @HenrikDalsager

    @HenrikDalsager

    5 жыл бұрын

    Except sql and big data may be difficult to combine if there is more data than SQL is designed for, in those cases where your data Is stored in something like hadoop, you may not be able to produce a schema that allows you to utilize SQL.

  • @steamyjungleman

    @steamyjungleman

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@HenrikDalsager fair point, my point is that no all data analysis involves such massive data sets and when discussing data analysis for new people sql should be mentioned also.

  • @SwiftUIByExample

    @SwiftUIByExample

    Жыл бұрын

    MapReduce != SQL

  • @jasonmaritz6269
    @jasonmaritz62694 жыл бұрын

    its great to know that an 11 min video taught me more about statistics than my stats module did... cleared up a lot of confusion they left me with xD

  • @kirasguardian6328
    @kirasguardian63285 жыл бұрын

    This is excellent, thanks Dr Mike Pound and Computerphile! Really looking forward to drilling into this.

  • @davesextraneousinformation9807
    @davesextraneousinformation98075 жыл бұрын

    What is Data? Our cat is Data. Lieutenant Commander Data is his full name. Thanks for this series on Data Analysis!

  • @Lightn0x
    @Lightn0x5 жыл бұрын

    4:47 I think we CAN tell if a pH is double another one. A pH of 7 is exactly 10 times higher than a pH of 6 (i.e. the molar concentration of a hidrogen solution is 10 times higher).

  • @Lightn0x

    @Lightn0x

    5 жыл бұрын

    Also.. about degrees Celsius, sure you can't dirrectly say that 100 is 2 times hotter than 50, but if you convert them to kelvin, you get 373 and 323, so indirrectly you can say that 100 degrees Celsius is 15% hotter than 50 right?

  • @Lefaseer

    @Lefaseer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Lightn0x This is what I was wondering too. If you can convert an interval feature to a ratio feature so trivially then what's the point?

  • @sillybuttons925
    @sillybuttons9255 жыл бұрын

    Nice series. Hope to see more like this on many topics.

  • @hrly.d5745
    @hrly.d57453 жыл бұрын

    Well Thankyou doctor.. I don't understand at all when my teacher explain. But now I understand.. THANKS A LOT

  • @manarlab84
    @manarlab843 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great learning series. How can I get the csv files for this lesson and each lesson?

  • @skk20I
    @skk20I5 жыл бұрын

    Is it possibly to analyze logarithmic data? Like decibels?

  • @EDoyl
    @EDoyl5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a bit dissapointed that intro didn't continue for the whole "what is data?" video, with Mike holding up different things and asking "is this data?" for up to 12 minutes

  • @AbCd-kq3ky

    @AbCd-kq3ky

    5 жыл бұрын

    People are gonna have a field day counting the 'data's in this playlist

  • @MrKZee
    @MrKZee Жыл бұрын

    If you make a course - I will probably sign up to that platform and go through it, because I love the channel and I love how people talk about things.

  • @HesderOleh
    @HesderOleh5 жыл бұрын

    Isn't pH a ratio type but on a log scale. Yes, there is no "zero", but you can calculate what is double a pH value, or more easily what is ten times a given pH value.

  • @zachhugo7424

    @zachhugo7424

    3 жыл бұрын

    I came here to say the same thing. I think you're right

  • @ginavong401
    @ginavong4015 жыл бұрын

    Are the datasets used in this series available for download if you want to follow along? I can't find a link in the description...

  • @JTedam
    @JTedam Жыл бұрын

    You need a Udemy course, Mate. You are an excellent teacher. You get into the minds of people.

  • @alenpaul2523
    @alenpaul25235 жыл бұрын

    Awesome channel

  • @ButzPunk
    @ButzPunk5 жыл бұрын

    It seems like the line between a nominal attribute and an ordinal one is a little blurry. I'd argue that you can order weather types by how conducive they are to outdoor activity (e.g., sunny > overcast > rainy).

  • @klemenkobau1380
    @klemenkobau13805 жыл бұрын

    Isn't all interval data also ratio? For example if you subtract the left most value in the interval representation to get the zero? Or is the problem here that you don't always know the left most variable, since you only know a sample that represents the underlying truth. I was just confused since he said that degrees Celsius is interval data, while it can be easily translated to Kelvin that is ratio data.

  • @Bolt6265
    @Bolt62655 жыл бұрын

    The beginning of this video is very good out of context

  • @atrijitdas1704
    @atrijitdas17044 жыл бұрын

    why cant we calculate the mean of Ordinal data? But we can for Interval? why does mean temperature make sense but mean star rating not?

  • @atrijitdas1704
    @atrijitdas17044 жыл бұрын

    "Is This Data?" shouldve been an absurd comedy skit on the Eric Andre Show or something

  • @iamkapilkalra
    @iamkapilkalra4 жыл бұрын

    can we get the course files, so that we can follow along?

  • @mathiaswittig5249
    @mathiaswittig52492 жыл бұрын

    Proudly supported by thinkpad :D

  • @lindhe
    @lindhe5 жыл бұрын

    Is NOIR considered an exhaustive list?

  • @laurendoe168
    @laurendoe1684 жыл бұрын

    I realize you used temperature merely as an example of the interval data set type, but this particular measurement can be converted to a ratio data type (by converting C or F to K). Would there be any rational (pun intended) reason to do this?

  • @GuruEvi
    @GuruEvi5 жыл бұрын

    Data analysis in Excel is generally not done because it has lots of quirks once you go deeply into the formula's, Microsoft has included a lot of bugs for the sole purpose of being backwards compatible. Things like dates and references introduce mistakes that are often hard to spot.

  • @casperes0912
    @casperes09125 жыл бұрын

    Are examples like this standardised or something? In my uni Databases course I made a decision tree for whether or not tennis would be played based on information like weather...

  • @harrysvensson2610

    @harrysvensson2610

    5 жыл бұрын

    I don't think it's standardized, it's more like use the most basic algorithm that solves the problem for you and call it a day. In your case a decision tree solved your problem, and you called it a day.

  • @vapourmile
    @vapourmile5 жыл бұрын

    This is two videos. Up to 5:24 you just can that and have it as a separate video. It's weird having been in computing and never having had it explained this way to me before. They didn't even teach this on my computer science degree. Before I say this video data to me was just anything in a format that enables it to be processed by machine. Because of that though, I'm suspicious: Does data really always fall neatly into one of these categories? Colours, for example, seem to fall into more than one: Yes, you can have nominal red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, white, but you can also have them stored as RGB values, or a HSV/HSB values. You can have it represented on a CIE graph, and you can have it as radiation frequencies. In the real world, does data really always fall neatly into one of the jars?

  • @gamzeakkus6020
    @gamzeakkus60203 жыл бұрын

    Can I use primary and secondry data together

  • @andretheron1833
    @andretheron18335 жыл бұрын

    This is good.

  • @luketaylor5175
    @luketaylor51753 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Bro

  • @astropgn
    @astropgn5 жыл бұрын

    If you have a kind of interval data like pH, you can't say that pH 10 is twice as much as pH 5, ok. But pH is a kind of data that can be converted to ratio data (since pH = -log([H+])). So, in a sense, since you can't convert easily with a formula, pH itself might not be rational, but you could rationalize it with just a couple more steps.

  • @TomHarrisonJr
    @TomHarrisonJr5 жыл бұрын

    Does ratio data necessarily have a linear scale? That is, is 2 necessarily half of 4? Some measures are expressed as a logarithm, such as the Richter scale, but having a zero that means there's none, so in this case Richter 6 is 10X Richter 5. Of course a logarithm can always be expanded to a unitary value, so my question is more about practicality.

  • @zerokelvin3626
    @zerokelvin36265 жыл бұрын

    9:02: Do R dataframes start at 1? 😨

  • @ganondorf5573

    @ganondorf5573

    5 жыл бұрын

    Your name is absolutely relevant.

  • @suleimanmustafa1473
    @suleimanmustafa14735 жыл бұрын

    Data is a Lieutenant Commander on the USS Enterprise-D

  • @alexschott9567
    @alexschott95675 жыл бұрын

    well you can't have less than -273.15 degrees celsius so wouldn't that make it ratio if kelvin is?

  • @chickenshieee
    @chickenshieee5 жыл бұрын

    You are awesome

  • @tonalddrumpboe5151
    @tonalddrumpboe5151 Жыл бұрын

    NOIR data types (nomrinal ordinal interval, and ratio):

  • @MAJNKRAFTXJASI
    @MAJNKRAFTXJASI5 жыл бұрын

    0°C + 273.15 = 273.15K ?

  • @fawal.1997
    @fawal.19975 жыл бұрын

    Finally

  • @SwiftUIByExample
    @SwiftUIByExample Жыл бұрын

    won't negative wind mean no atmosphere?

  • @ethank5681
    @ethank56814 жыл бұрын

    Is this data? No... This is... SPARTAAAA

  • @jamboort
    @jamboort5 жыл бұрын

    Data is a character in Star Treck

  • @michelnormandin8068
    @michelnormandin80685 жыл бұрын

    Omg... Sean Riley has the same name as my Data Anonymous sponsor.

  • @ShadiMuhammad
    @ShadiMuhammad4 жыл бұрын

    Everytime I open a video in this channel, I got trapped in it.!! 😍

  • @MrNateDD
    @MrNateDD5 жыл бұрын

    I was really hoping he would hold a picture of Brent Spiner in the beginning

  • @HappyAccident06
    @HappyAccident065 жыл бұрын

    Massive missed opportunity was not holding a pic of Commander Data... “is this data??”

  • @RuilinLinRyan
    @RuilinLinRyan5 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand why can't Celsius be considered ratio if there is a 0 C ? Why would it be wrong to say 20 C is twice as hot as 10 C?

  • @TheMacfruit

    @TheMacfruit

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ruilin Lin because that would imply you can say how much hotter 10° is compared to -10°. The math works out to -1, but that doesn't make any sense.

  • @user-tq6my4sx1g
    @user-tq6my4sx1g5 жыл бұрын

    3:00

  • @velocirapture89
    @velocirapture894 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure I asked this same question during Star Trek: First Contact.

  • @AlphaCrucis
    @AlphaCrucis Жыл бұрын

    He should've held up a picture of Data from Star Trek at the beginning. Is this data?

  • @outside8312
    @outside83125 жыл бұрын

    2:30 I think Safiya Nygaard would beg to differ 😂

  • @winsonjacob3554
    @winsonjacob35545 жыл бұрын

    isn't the ph table a ratio

  • @misterhat5823
    @misterhat58235 жыл бұрын

    The example of pH isn't a good one. There is a mathematical difference between each number in the scale.

  • @Hexanitrobenzene

    @Hexanitrobenzene

    5 жыл бұрын

    I rewinded video and I think it's correctly placed in "interval data" category. It can't be used for ratios directly, though. If you divide pH 1 by pH 0, you get infinity - nonsensical answer. In order to get meaningful ratio, you must convert it to concentration of H+, then you get 0.1. However, you are now working with DIFFERENT numbers, which are now on ratio scale - their zero is "true".

  • @kevinolson9940

    @kevinolson9940

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hexanitrobenzene that argument doesn’t hold. I could just as easily say if you divide 1 child by 0 children you an undefined result. That doesn’t mean it isn’t type of ratio data. The rational numbers themselves are ratios of integers and they also break if you try and have a ratio of anything over 0.

  • @derstreber2
    @derstreber25 жыл бұрын

    3:01 "The Rimmer experience"

  • @MrTridac
    @MrTridac5 жыл бұрын

    Oh look, Mike Pou- CLICK

  • @Vulcorio
    @Vulcorio5 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why, but every time i see Dr. Pound i just want him to have the best life possible. So charismatic.

  • @polares8187
    @polares81875 жыл бұрын

    Question is Am i data?

  • @harrysvensson2610

    @harrysvensson2610

    5 жыл бұрын

    Are we data? :o

  • @argeon87

    @argeon87

    4 жыл бұрын

    We are all data biologically speaking. Some sources prompt somewhere around 150 Zettabytes (10^21) of data. And I guess it's mostly nominal one))

  • @grainfrizz
    @grainfrizz5 жыл бұрын

    7:38 Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme winks

  • @tensortab8896
    @tensortab88965 жыл бұрын

    What are data?

  • @fiiiie9398
    @fiiiie93984 жыл бұрын

    I love g-easy teaching

  • @skydrow4523
    @skydrow45235 жыл бұрын

    I see Dr. Pound, I click faster than *data*

  • @isabellabihy8631
    @isabellabihy86315 жыл бұрын

    I'd also discern discrete and continuous data (for the lack of a better word). Discrete data: can take only certain values like Yes, No, Maybe ( 😁 ), integers. It makes no sense to calculate an arithmetic mean, aka average. Frequency counting is OK. A median is also appropriate. A typical misuse of actually discrete data is when they publish that the typical family has 2.3 children. WHAT? This includes nominal, ordinal, and interval data. Continuous data: I'd put the the data you mentioned as "ratio" in this group.

  • @VictorCaldo
    @VictorCaldo5 жыл бұрын

    godsend

  • @Arthur-mj2vd
    @Arthur-mj2vd5 жыл бұрын

    Right?

  • @Andmunko
    @Andmunko4 жыл бұрын

    negative wind is just wind in the opposite direction

  • @christianmagnus1003
    @christianmagnus10034 жыл бұрын

    Im happy because? that peter parker have the same Portatil like my portatil thinkpad t470

  • @andreanardi6301
    @andreanardi63015 жыл бұрын

    5:22 Why can you do t-test with Ratio data and not Interval data? I am sure it is possible to do a t-test with temperature data

  • @gustavnilsson6597

    @gustavnilsson6597

    5 жыл бұрын

    I guess with temprature you can just convert it to kelvin and back?

  • @MrBitchtits500
    @MrBitchtits5002 жыл бұрын

    8:00 even the pros can't avoid those r syntax errors : )

  • @eurekal1903
    @eurekal19034 жыл бұрын

    What is data is a question. How do you collect your data is another question.

  • @thenorup
    @thenorup5 жыл бұрын

    ones and zeroes! There! I just saved you 12 minutes.

  • @BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMval
    @BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMval Жыл бұрын

    Mike, Red > Blue.

  • @matthewfyson6809
    @matthewfyson68095 жыл бұрын

    You actually can determine what "double the pH" of something is, since pH is actually just the negative base ten logarithm of the concentration of hydronium ions. Edit: tl;dr it's ogarithmic, so double the pH is equal to pH*log2

  • @murk1e
    @murk1e5 жыл бұрын

    Problem with a series on big data, drop all the vids at once and the algorithm hides them all.

  • @Dewlyth
    @Dewlyth5 жыл бұрын

    Huh ? But the wavelength are.. oww.. ok :'(

  • @gabeaze
    @gabeaze3 жыл бұрын

    So what IS data?

  • @tdot33367
    @tdot333674 жыл бұрын

    excited to see 54 year old John running down the wing

  • @frankweiler7121
    @frankweiler71215 жыл бұрын

    The mean temperature is 0K ? What? ;)

  • @leon24xxx
    @leon24xxx3 жыл бұрын

    Ratio data... 100 kelvin is 2 times higher than 50 kelvin... OK. How many times is 100 kelvin higher than 0 kelvin, or how many times is 200 kelvin higher than 0 kelvin.

  • @minxythemerciless
    @minxythemerciless5 жыл бұрын

    What *ARE* Data! Data is plural. Datum is singular.

  • @MrAnonyM00SE
    @MrAnonyM00SE5 жыл бұрын

    tsk tsk Dr Pound didn't know that pH is a logarithmic scale.

  • @userou-ig1ze

    @userou-ig1ze

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure he does? What minute?

  • @Hexanitrobenzene

    @Hexanitrobenzene

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think the point is that you can't use pH for ratio directly, you must convert it to concentration of H+ ions. The same for degrees Celsius - there is a well known relationship between Celsius and Kelvin scales, however, degrees Celsius can't be used for ratios because their zero is "not true".

  • @userou-ig1ze

    @userou-ig1ze

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Hexanitrobenzene You're confusing this with Fahrenheit

  • @Hexanitrobenzene

    @Hexanitrobenzene

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@userou-ig1ze How so ? 0 degrees Celsius is 273,15 degrees Kelvin, the molecules still have a fair amount of thermal energy.

  • @GammabitFilms
    @GammabitFilms5 жыл бұрын

    its not what is data, its who is data ;)

  • @alexandersmith4796
    @alexandersmith47964 жыл бұрын

    WHAT IS DATA

  • @Pavastes
    @Pavastes5 жыл бұрын

    I am data.

  • @luis_landazuri
    @luis_landazuri5 жыл бұрын

    Its just me or get the feeling that he thinks Python is nos free... made me double check after many years using it

  • @jony6828

    @jony6828

    5 жыл бұрын

    ikr

  • @karlosdaniel6537
    @karlosdaniel65375 жыл бұрын

    Did Toni Kroos become a computer scientist?