You Can Do With Data/The Information Architecture of an Organization What is the difference between data and information? Give examples. Data = discrete‚ unorganized‚ raw facts Quantity Sold‚ Course Enrollment‚ Customer Name‚ Discount‚ Star Rating. Information = transformation of those facts into meaning. Financial data (deposits)‚ daily loans. What is a transaction? Action performed in a database management system What are the characteristics of an operational data store? Stores
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into the Workers’ Compensation (WC) actuarial model workbook. Payroll data for the WC model should contain “only the actual hours worked” for specific Rate Schedule Codes (RSC) groups‚ including executives. The WC payroll data should exclude all paid leave types. A comparison of work hours from the NPHRS mainframe report to the summary in EDW reveals very small differences. We hope to align the NPHRS and EDW work hour data. Also‚ we (Technical Analysis‚ Accounting and Finance) need to understand
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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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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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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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of variables Qualitative Quantitative • Reliability and Validity • Hypothesis Testing • Type I and Type II Errors • Significance Level • SPSS • Data Analysis Data Analysis Using SPSS Dr. Nelson Michael J. 2 Variable • A characteristic of an individual or object that can be measured • Types: Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis Using SPSS Dr. Nelson Michael J. 3 Types of Variables • Qualitative variables: Variables which differ in kind rather than degree • Measured
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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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Chapter 3 Data Description 3-1 Measures of Central Tendency ( page 3-3) Measures found using data values from the entire population are called: parameter Measures found using data values from samples are called: statistic A parameter is a characteristic or measure obtained using data values from a specific population. A statistic is a characteristic or measure obtained using data values from a specific sample. The Measures of Central Tendency are: • The Mean • The
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Secondary Target Audience Within the secondary target audience‚ there are two main groups. The first includes the middle-aged crowd between the ages of 25-30‚ who just recently completed their undergraduate studies and are involved in their first career post-college. This audience still enjoys the nightlife that most local bars in Normal‚ such as the Pub II‚ has to offer on the weekends. The second group includes the blue collar workers between the ages of 30-35 who are already heavily
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