What is ADAC?

The Advanced Data Analysis Centre (ADAC) is funded to support research by the analysis and
interpretation of complex data.
Why is this important?
Complex data underpins current research, while innovative analysis can prompt new discoveries.
Excellent research can often be stalled due to a lack of expertise in conducting data analysis.
ADAC supports high-class research, providing analysts to help with the development of a research
strategy, grant writing, and interpretation of complex data.
It is also to turning data into information. For example:
Information example
Three different examples of data were given to you earlier. Let's have a look at how that
data can be turned into information.
Example 1:



Data
We started off with the raw data which was 51, 77, 58, 82, 64, 70.
At this stage, those numbers could have been anything from street numbers to chart
positions of certain records.
Context
The raw data is given a context. We are told that the numbers are test scores which
were achieved by a group of students. At last they start to make some sense.
However even with a context, the data still needs to be processed in order to turn it into
information.
Processing
The processing in this case might be to calculate the average from the set of scores.
The average is 67 so we can now tell that student 1 did particularly badly in the test
because they were so far below the average mark.