Eliot Hunter (ID: 16002495) Assignment A Unit 3 Informaton ystems
Types, Purposes and Sources of Informaton
Types of Information
Qualitativ
This is data where it can’t be measured in the same way as Quanttatte so it will be presented in a
‘narratte’ form. It can only be reserted with descriptons.
Quanttativ
This data can be measured by numbers and then it can be proten as a fact. For example, it can hate
numerical talues and also exact measurements.
Primary
This kind of data is where the business or you will gather and it will alter itself. This primary data will
be gained from measurements that hate been taken, intertiews, surteys and other methods that
gains the data straight from the root.
Svcondary
econdary data is where it will be gathered from any other source and then altered in a diferent to
the way that the original will be, it is gained from past documents, for example, newspapers,
journals or another source of data that will be not gained from you or the business. Another
example can be getng feedback from a magazine about a tideo game.
Purposes of information
Opvratonal Support
Operatonal support will help to make a tmely decision, a company can use this to control dutes for
the workers. Anything can be used from operatonal support, for example, telling a fast food place to
get reminded of taking the food out of the freezer.
Analysis
This is where a company will analyse sales and other data to see the progress in the company is
making. They will compare the data with recent marketng schemes to see how certain marketng
can be afectng the business and then they can use this informaton to decide on the schemes.
Analysing data can also be compared with similar stores that are in the same industry and to see
how they are performing.
Dvcision Making
Informaton systems can help in making important decisions with the data being protided and it is
essental when making decisions on for example, sales and costs. Howeter, when a problem is to
occur, the management will look at businesses data and then will decide on that informaton.
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Types, Purposes and Sources of Informaton
Types of Information
Qualitativ
This is data where it can’t be measured in the same way as Quanttatte so it will be presented in a
‘narratte’ form. It can only be reserted with descriptons.
Quanttativ
This data can be measured by numbers and then it can be proten as a fact. For example, it can hate
numerical talues and also exact measurements.
Primary
This kind of data is where the business or you will gather and it will alter itself. This primary data will
be gained from measurements that hate been taken, intertiews, surteys and other methods that
gains the data straight from the root.
Svcondary
econdary data is where it will be gathered from any other source and then altered in a diferent to
the way that the original will be, it is gained from past documents, for example, newspapers,
journals or another source of data that will be not gained from you or the business. Another
example can be getng feedback from a magazine about a tideo game.
Purposes of information
Opvratonal Support
Operatonal support will help to make a tmely decision, a company can use this to control dutes for
the workers. Anything can be used from operatonal support, for example, telling a fast food place to
get reminded of taking the food out of the freezer.
Analysis
This is where a company will analyse sales and other data to see the progress in the company is
making. They will compare the data with recent marketng schemes to see how certain marketng
can be afectng the business and then they can use this informaton to decide on the schemes.
Analysing data can also be compared with similar stores that are in the same industry and to see
how they are performing.
Dvcision Making
Informaton systems can help in making important decisions with the data being protided and it is
essental when making decisions on for example, sales and costs. Howeter, when a problem is to
occur, the management will look at businesses data and then will decide on that informaton.
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