{"id":60,"date":"2015-10-13T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T09:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mr-west.uk\/igcse\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2020-11-12T19:12:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T19:12:51","slug":"6-2-data-handling-applications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/learnlearn.uk\/igcseict\/6-2-data-handling-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Handling Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/h2>\n
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Data Handling Applications<\/h3>\n

Data handling is concerned with how data is inputted, stored and output in computer systems.<\/p>\n

It didn’t long take long from when computers were invented for businesses and organisations to appreciate the potential benefits that ICT could bring to a business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"6-2-data-handling-applications\"<\/p>\n

Source: wikipedia<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0CC4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>

Surveys<\/h2>\n
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Surveys<\/h3>\n

Surveys and questionnaires are highly useful data gathering tools for any business or organisation and have been used long before the invention of computers. They allow the collection and compilation of both qualitative and quantitative data.<\/p>\n

Whilst surveys are incredibly useful, they can also be massively time consuming in all stages of the process, due to the volume of data the needs to be processed.<\/p>\n

Advances in ICT have made \u00c2\u00a0massive difference to the way that surveys and questionnaires are designed, conducted and analysed.<\/p>\n

Improvements include:<\/p>\n

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  • The ability to design surveys using word processing<\/li>\n
  • The ability to conduct surveys over the internet \/ on computer<\/li>\n
  • The ability to produce statistical analysis automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    \"survey\"<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/i>Activity 1 \u00c2 - Fill out the Mr West survey<\/div>
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