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DATA FORMAT AND DATABASE DEVELOPMENT Vicki Drake Santa Monica College Questions, Sources, Databases Data Questions Data source questions to ask when using actual data For what purpose was the data collected? What was the method by which the data was collected? What are the entities represented in the data? Are the entities represented as discrete – or as aggregations? What time period is represented in the data? Is it a “snapshot” or a continuous log of observations? What person or agency is the immediate source of the data? What is the coordinate system used in the data? Datum? If the dat