Moving from data to wisdom
Each step of the DIKW pyramid adds value to the initial data. You have surely noticed how data is transformed progressively into a story when you move from one step to another on the DIKW pyramid. When you get to the top of the pyramid, the story is ready.
In this section, you will learn the main strategies for moving from one step of the DIKW pyramid to the other:
- Turning data into information
- Turning information into knowledge
- Turning knowledge into wisdom
Let’s start from the first point, turning data into information.
Turning data into information
Often, the datasets we are dealing with are organized in a tabular form, so they already have a structure. Our task is therefore to select the relevant data that answers our questions. The principle is that the more data we have, the less meaning we can extract from a single piece of data. This is because, the more data we have, the less our brain is able to process it...
