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The Process of a Computer Based Data Colle
A database is the end result of a data collection system, and one
of the methods of collection is a computer based data collection
system, also called an automated data collection system. When
you need data, you want to obtain it in an organized fashion so
that it is usable and easily accessible. If the computer or other
automation is used to collect the data, and organize it, the data is
usually presented in a table or spreadsheet format.

From the table or spreadsheet forma
From the table or spreadsheet format the data can be
manipulated and organized so that it is easy to determine
patterns. One computer based data collection system we are all
familiar with is the e-mail address book. Every time you send or
receive and e-mail, the address is collected and stored in your e-
mail address book, organized or sortable by name or e-mail
address.

The e-mail program is designed and
The e-mail program is designed and coded to have it find all the
addresses and store them in a spreadsheet format. One that
spreadsheet is created you may access it. However, you never
see the spreadsheet format, because the program has designed
and built in an interface which display the information in a dialog
box.

The end result of this
The end result of this, computer based data collection system is a
two fold result, a full collection of all e-mail address you have sent
to or received from, in a organized format, and the ability to auto-
complete the address you start typing.

The Value of a Computer Based Data Collect
There are several values in using a computer based data
collection system, a couple that are not obvious. The first value,
is that using a computer to create a computer based data
collection system, saves the company from having to have an
employee find the data and input it. Thus, for the cost of a
computer you can avoid the costs of an employee, but there is a
down side. The computer cannot reason and you will have some
junk data in your computer based data collection system.

The next value in a computer based d
The next value in a computer based data collection system is the
computer can process and collect, huge amounts of data without
anywhere near the same man-hours. Once again, though, you
will have some junk data.

Once you have all of this data
Once you have all of this data, the computer based data collection
system can produce it in several formats, and sorted by the
criteria you select.

that collection of data can be done su
The not very obvious value is that collection of data can be done
surreptitiously. A computer can be set to monitor any function that
goes through its processor, and can log anything about that
function. This allows for a computer based data collection system
to produce information about a function, without the operator
being aware.

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