DATA AND INFORMATION I : LSUS

DATA PROCESSING SSS1 SECOND TERM       

WEEK 1

DATA AND INFORMATION

Contents

TYPES OF DATA

  • Qualitative data:  is descriptive information (it describes something).
  • Quantitative data:  is numerical information.

CLASSIFICATION OF QUANTITATIVE DATA

  • Continuous data
  • Discrete data

EXAMPLES OF DATA

  1. Numbers
  2. Name of thing, place or animal
  3. Words
  4. Measurements Descriptions of things

SOURCES OF DATA

  1. Television
  2. Internet
  3. Articles
  4. Government documents
  5. Newspapers and Magazines
  6. Textbooks

EVALUATION

  1. Define data.
  2. Mention the two types of data

INFORMATION

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