Eliot Hunter (ID: 16002495) Assignment B Unit 03
Characteristcs of Good Informaton
Valid
Informaton that is proee to be correct an it can be useful for the users’ min then this therefore
is eali informatonn Any ineali informaton oul n’ t be useful for the user as the incorrect
informaton oul haee been supplie an this ill impact the learning for the user on that certain
topicn
Reliable
The informaton that is supplie by t o ebsites can be helpful an reliable an may be correct
ho eeer it can also be unreliable as it coul be change for instance Wikipe ian The best accuracy
to get reliable informaton is to check more than one ebsite to get an accurate resultn
Timely
The informaton that is aeailable ill be nee e to help ith users’ ecision making an it also nee s
to be aeailable for references for example reeie s of a ne pro uct hen it comes out people ill
be trying to make their min s up an this is here reeie s ill come in han y because it giees
rea ers an insight on the pros an cons on that pro uctn
Fit for purpose
The informaton ill nee to be ft for purpose because for example if the management receiees
informaton to hat they aske for then that is ft for purpose but if they receiee something
completely iferent then there’ s a problemn
Accessible
The employee of a certain organisaton must be able to rea an ork out ata that they ill
receieen An example of this can be a printe report an it might contain a lot of ata an
informaton ho eeer the employee must be able to rea the report ithout haeing to put it in
or er becoming making the calculatonn The ata an informaton also has to be aeailable for other
epartments insi e the businessn
Cost Efeccte
This is the amount of cost of capturing recor ing an pro ucing the atan The researching for a
reliable external source an using that as the source as elln An example of this oul -be
manufacturers may look aroun for a reliable source hich can giee them an efcient an reliable
component that can be use on their systemsn
Sufficiently Accurate
Extremely accurate informaton is nee e n For example if costs an proft as to be calculate then
the epartments ill nee to kno ho much proft there is being ma e an ho much the
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Characteristcs of Good Informaton
Valid
Informaton that is proee to be correct an it can be useful for the users’ min then this therefore
is eali informatonn Any ineali informaton oul n’ t be useful for the user as the incorrect
informaton oul haee been supplie an this ill impact the learning for the user on that certain
topicn
Reliable
The informaton that is supplie by t o ebsites can be helpful an reliable an may be correct
ho eeer it can also be unreliable as it coul be change for instance Wikipe ian The best accuracy
to get reliable informaton is to check more than one ebsite to get an accurate resultn
Timely
The informaton that is aeailable ill be nee e to help ith users’ ecision making an it also nee s
to be aeailable for references for example reeie s of a ne pro uct hen it comes out people ill
be trying to make their min s up an this is here reeie s ill come in han y because it giees
rea ers an insight on the pros an cons on that pro uctn
Fit for purpose
The informaton ill nee to be ft for purpose because for example if the management receiees
informaton to hat they aske for then that is ft for purpose but if they receiee something
completely iferent then there’ s a problemn
Accessible
The employee of a certain organisaton must be able to rea an ork out ata that they ill
receieen An example of this can be a printe report an it might contain a lot of ata an
informaton ho eeer the employee must be able to rea the report ithout haeing to put it in
or er becoming making the calculatonn The ata an informaton also has to be aeailable for other
epartments insi e the businessn
Cost Efeccte
This is the amount of cost of capturing recor ing an pro ucing the atan The researching for a
reliable external source an using that as the source as elln An example of this oul -be
manufacturers may look aroun for a reliable source hich can giee them an efcient an reliable
component that can be use on their systemsn
Sufficiently Accurate
Extremely accurate informaton is nee e n For example if costs an proft as to be calculate then
the epartments ill nee to kno ho much proft there is being ma e an ho much the
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