Before revision: Source data is raw data (sometimes called atomic data) that has not been processed for meaningful use to become Information.Raw data (source data or atomic data), Margaret Rouse, techtarget.com, retrieved 25 June 2014 Examples Data entered at a till in a store A list of information about customers used in a mail merge in Word ProcessingData Source, James Marshall, About.com Handwritten notes or printed documents, before they are typed in, such as an order form or CVSource Data Computer Desktop Encyclopedia Research dataSource Data, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms such as air temperature measurements Risks Often when data is captured in one electronic system and then transferred to another, there is a loss of audit trail or the inherent data cannot be absolutely verified.
After revision: Source data , sometimes called atom data, is data not yet processed as meaningful use to become Information.Raw data (source data or atomic data), Margaret Rouse, techtarget.com, retrieved 25 June 2014 Examples Data entered at a till in a store A list of information about customers used in a mail merge in Word ProcessingData Source, James Marshall, About.com Handwritten notes or printed documents, before they are typed in, such as an order form or CVSource Data Computer Desktop Encyclopedia Research dataSource Data, McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms such as air temperature measurements Risks Often when data is captured in one electronic system and then transferred to another, there is a loss of audit trail or the inherent data cannot be absolutely verified.