Use of research_data by Dorcas Krubu
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USE OF RESEARCH DATAOCTOBER 10, 2012
D O R C A S K R U B U
P H D C A N D I D A T E
D E P A R T M E N T O F L I B R A R Y A N D I N F O R M A T I O N S C I E N C E
U N I V E R S I T Y O F T H E W E S T E R N C A P E
S O U T H A F R I C A
WHAT IS DATA?Data is raw
Data simply exists and has no significance beyond its existence
It can exist in any form, usable or not and it does not have meaning of itself
In computer parlance, the spreadsheet/microsoft excel is generally for data
Data are values of qualitative or quantitative variables, belonging to a set of item
Data are any facts, numbers, or text that can be processed manually or by a computer
RAW DATA
RESEARCH DATA
That which is…......
gatheredobserved or generated
for purposes of description and analysis in order to produce original research
output
TYPE
S OF
RESEARCH D
ATA
Primary Data
Secondary Data
Tertiary Data
FORMS O
F RES
EARCH DAT
A
Text/NoteImages/
Pictures AudioVideoAudio-visual
Frequency Table
PRESENTING YOUR DATA
Charts
PRESENTING YOUR DATA
PRESENTI
NG YOUR D
ATA
L I NE
PL O
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PRESENTI
NG YOUR D
ATA
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PRESENTING YOUR DATA Pictographs
PROCESSING RESEARCH DATA
Raw data requires the following for it to be useful:
selective extraction Organization Analysis Formatting for presentation
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USE OF
DATA
AND USE
OF
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RCH
Research means gathering of information, that is , carrying out investigation
&
part of the process of gathering information is gathering data
The essence of research is to solve a problem