Information Concepts Flashcards

1
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Can be defined as meaningfully interpreted data

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Information

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2
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Fuels business and can be the critical factor in determining the success or failure of a business

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Information

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Collection of objects, procedures, or techniques that interact in a regulated manner to form an organized whole

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System

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4
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Systems may be composed of smaller assemblages of parts

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Subsystem

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5
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a system that gathers data and disseminates information with the sole purpose of providing information to its users

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Information System

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6
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Capabilities of Information System

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  • input
  • processing
  • output
  • feedback
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7
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Manual Information System Consists of

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  • People
  • Procedure
  • Data
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Computer-Based Information System Elements

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  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Data
  • People
  • Process
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9
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The raw material of information.

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Data

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10
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Data organized and presented by someone.

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Information

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11
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Information read, heard, or seen, and understood.

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Knowledge

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12
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Distilled and integrated knowledge and understanding.

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Wisdom

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13
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development, installation and implementation of computer systems

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Information Technology

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14
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Aims to explain past events using business data

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Business Intelligence

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15
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A questionnaires is prepared to collect the data from the field

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Surveys

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16
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Data is collected through old records, magazines, company website etc.

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Secondary data sources/ archival data

17
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An experimental test is conducted on the subject and the data is collected.

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Objective measures or tests

18
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Data is collected by the system analyst by following a rigid procedure and collecting the answers to a set of pre-conceived questions through personal interviews.

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Interviews

19
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interview questions allow interviewees to respond how they wish, and to what length they wish

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open-ended questions

20
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interview questions limit the number of possible responses

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closed ended questions

21
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questions are those that may be answered with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or ‘agree’ or disagree’

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Bipolar questions

22
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questions elicit more detail about previous questions

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Probes / Probing questions

23
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starting with closed questions and working toward open-ended questions

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Pyramid

24
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starting with open-ended questions and working toward closed questions

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Funnel

25
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starting with closed, moving toward open-ended, and ending with closed questions

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Diamond

26
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useful in gathering information from key organization members

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Questionnaires

27
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used when the intervals are equal

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Interval Scales

28
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are used to classify things
Data may be totaled

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Nominal Scales

29
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Caused by easy raters

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Leniency

30
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occurs when respondents rate everything as average

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Central tendency

31
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When the impression formed in one question carries into the next question

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Halo Effect

32
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is concerned with long term policy decisions that defines the objectives of a business and checks how well these objectives are met

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Strategic Information

33
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is concerned with the information needed for exercising control over business resources, like budgeting, quality control, service level, inventory level, productivity level etc.

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Tactical Information

34
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concerned with plant/business level information and is used to ensure proper conduction of specific operational tasks as planned/intended

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Operational Information