Beginning chapters Flashcards
1
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Advantages of Encoding
A
- Fewer transcription errors /easier to validate
- Less hard disk space needed
2
Q
Disadvantages of Encoding
A
- Coarsening data - brown hair example - loss of precision
- Value Judgement - meal opinion example - inconsistency
3
Q
Data and example
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- Raw facts and figures
- 5.66 6.77 3.44 7.55
4
Q
Information
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- Data given a context/meaning by a computer
- Minutes taken to swim a mile is a swimming race
5
Q
Knowledge
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- Derived from information by applying rules to it
- First second and third place
