Be Data Literate – Know What to Know by Peter F. Drucker Executives have become computer literate. The younger ones‚ especially‚ know more about the way the computer works than they know about the mechanics of the automobile or the telephone. But not many executives are information-literate. They know how to get data. But most still have to learn how to use data. Few executives yet know how to ask: What information do I need to do my job? When do I need it? In what
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Data Collection QNT/351 July 10‚ 2014 There are many times when companies have to collect data to come to a conclusion about an issue. The data may be collected from their employers‚ their competition or their consumers. BIMS saw that there had been an average turnover that was larger then what the company had seen in the past. Human Resources decided that they would conduct a survey to see what had changed in the company from the employee’s point of view. They attached
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and cross talk on a cabling medium are factors that prevent the accuracy of transmitted data to be intact. For these reasons different encoding methods exist. An example is when 2 wires are used to transmit music data to a speaker Digital signals don’t always have to be carried over to the receiving end by electricity‚ light can also be used for digital communication. Fibre Optics use light to transmit data through optical fibre within the cable. The strength of the light ray can also be a determining
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Table of Contents 1. VARIABLES- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE......................3 1.1 Qualitative Data (Categorical Variables or Attributes) ........................... 3 1.2 Quantitative Data............................................................................................... 4 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.................................................6 2.1 Sample Data versus Population Data ................................................................... 6 2.2 Parameters and Statistics
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Turnage‚ Bonebright‚ Buhman‚ Flowers (1996) showed that untrained participants can listen to shapes. That is‚ they used data sonification – musical representation of two dimensional space‚ with pitch as the vertical dimension and time as the horizontal dimension – to present participants the visual and auditory representation of waveforms. In two conditions‚ they showed the participants could match one visual presentation to one of two auditory representations‚ or match one auditory presentation
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Interpreting your data is a process that involves answering a series of questions about the research. We suggest the following steps: 1) Review and interpret the data "in-house" to develop preliminary findings‚ conclusions‚ and recommendations. 2) Review the data and your interpretation of it with an advisory group or technical committee. This group should involve local‚ regional‚ and state resource people who are familiar with monitoring and with your product. They can verify‚ add to‚ or
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Collecting Data Shauntia Dismukes BSHS/405 June 1‚ 2015 Tim Duncan Collecting Data Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest‚ in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions‚ test hypotheses‚ and evaluate outcomes. In this paper I will define the importance of data collecting in the helping field. While working in the helping field‚ there are many important things that must happen
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Americans leave long electronic trails of private information wherever they go. But too often‚ that data is compromised. When they shop—whether online or at brick and mortar stores—retailers gain access to their credit card numbers. Medical institutions maintain patient records‚ which are increasingly electronic. Corporations store copious customer lists and employee Social Security numbers. These types of data frequently get loose. Hackers gain entry to improperly protected networks‚ thieves steal employee
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1. Data Processing- is any process that a computer program does to enter data and‚ summarize‚ analyze or otherwise convert data into usable information. The process may be automated and run on a computer. It involves recording‚ analyzing‚ sorting‚ summarizing‚ calculating‚ disseminating and storing data. Because data are most useful when well-presented and actually informative‚ data-processing systems are often referred to as information systems. Nevertheless‚ the terms are roughly synonymous‚ performing
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Introduction: Data breach has always been a sensitive topic‚ let alone when the data breach is related to banking. In the mean time‚ there’s a breach was found happened to the online banking system of the competitive bank of First Union Bank‚ and the hacker had stolen quantities of customers’ personal information and data. It has been an alarm for all the banks‚ it reminds the whole society to be alert of the damage caused by the data breach. The Chief Information Officer of the First Union Bank
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