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Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Explanation of Data Capture. Mostrar todas las entradas
Mostrando entradas con la etiqueta Explanation of Data Capture. Mostrar todas las entradas

viernes, 12 de abril de 2013

What is data capture?

Data capture is the collection of data from the real world for input to a computer system. 
Data capture can be divided into either human or automatic methods. Human methods are avoided if possible because they are... 
- Slow
- Prone to error

But, sometimes human methods can't be avoided. For example, data has to be manually keyed in when...

- Data is provided on a paper form
- Observations are made