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Why You Need Real-World Test Data

A good system test consists of a set of valid scenarios. These scenarios should also cover exceptions, for example, when a user returns a product to a webshop. To make testing effective, the data used for testing must be accurate and realistic. But real-world data is often off-limits or subject to privacy concerns. Realistic Data Representation Many people automatically associate synthetic data with fake data, and while the term may sound misleading, it can be used to create a dataset that is both accurate and useful. In fact, synthetic data has been around in one form or another for decades. It's found in flight simulators and scientific simulations of everything from atoms to galaxies. Synthetic data is artificially created and manipulated to meet specific usage goals, such as validating software or evaluating performance. It can be partially or fully synthetic, meaning it contains real data from existing observations and measurements or generated entirely from models an