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Data and Computing

Virginia SOL DS.12

Select and utilize technological tools to process and prepare data for analysis.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Access data effectively from multiple sources (tables, CSV, spreadsheets, documents, databases) using technology tools.
  • Explore data for issues and errors using tools before processing.
  • Define the process to optimally ingest and export data using technology.
  • Clean and validate data by removing incomplete, incorrect, or duplicated entries; removing outliers; and standardizing data.
  • Combine and store data by merging datasets and optimizing storage based on volume, velocity, and variety.
  • Format and store data appropriately for effective analysis.