What is the point of dummy data?
In Informatics, dummy data is benign information that does not contain any useful data, but serves to reserve space where real data is nominally present. Dummy data can be used as a placeholder for both testing and operational purposes.
What is another way to say dummy data?
Use whatever term you like, "synthetic", "contrived", "fabricated", "fictitious".
What is dummy data example?
'Sample/ Dummy data' refers to dataset containing random numeric or string values which are produced to solve some data manipulation tasks. For example, you want to learn how to apply logical conditions (IF ELSE) in R. To gain practical experience, it is important to practice it with sample datasets.