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USE OF RESEARCH DATA
OCTOBER 10, 2012




                                                           DORCAS KRUBU
                                                          P H D C A N D I D AT E
                   D E PA RT M E N T O F L I B R A RY A N D I N F O R M AT I O N
                                                                    SCIENCE
                              UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
                                                            SOUTH AFRICA
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…......


                gathered
                observed or
                generated

for purposes of description and analysis in order to produce original
    research
output
Primary Data

Secondary Data

Tertiary Data
Text/Note
Images/Pictures
Audio
Video
Audio-visual
PRESENTING YOUR DATA

Frequency Table
PRESENTING YOUR DATA

Charts
PRESENTING YOUR DATA
     Pictographs
PROCESSING RESEARCH DATA

Raw data requires the following for it to be useful:
 selective extraction
 Organization
 Analysis
 Formatting for presentation
Research means gathering of
                             information, that is , carrying out
The essence of research is   investigation
to solve a problem
                             &
                             part of the process of gathering
                             information is gathering data
Use of research_data by Dorcas Krubu

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