Data are raw, unorganized or unprocessed facts that need to be processed. Data can be something simple and seemingly random and useless until it is organised. TYPES OF DATA Qualitative data i.e descriptive information Quantitative data i.e numeric information SUBDIVISION OF QUANTITATIVE DATA Continuous data: this can take any value. It is also known […]
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MEANING OF DATA Raw facts or entity which no meaning has been attached to because it has not been processed is referred to as DATA. Data could be facts about people, places, things and their activities. When data passes through some manipulation activities in order to organize them to be meaningful or to achieve a
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Data is a raw fact that needs to be processed. it is called raw and unorganized facts. It is useless until it is processed and well organized. TYPES OF DATA 1 numerical data: These are mainly numbers such as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Alphabetical data: These are mainly letters A_Z and other words formed these letters e.g. father,
DATA AND INFORMATION WHAT ARE DATA AND INFORMATION? Data are raw facts. This means that when facts are collected about people, places, items, and events, animal and so on, data is obtained. Therefore data can be said to be the raw materials for producing information. Information is referred to as processed data, i.e. data that
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