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Information and data types GapFill
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Businesses, schools and other organisations generate their own information, or they obtain it from the organisation. There are different data types based on why the data is being collected, and whether it is measured or described.
sources of information are generated within the business; for example, data and staff salary grades. This type of data and information is likely to be highly because the company controls how that data is collected and used. There are no unknowns involved through using an external third party.
sources come from outside the company; for example, a company might request a price list or a catalogue from a paper company, or it could be data downloaded from the or purchased by a company.
data is collected by you, or specifically by a company, for a specific purpose. You have complete over how the data is collected.
data is collected by someone else for their purpose, not yours. You have less control over the or accuracy of the data because you might not know how or when it was collected. But this type of data can still be highly valuable to researchers; for example, in complementing or supporting your primary data.
data usually describes something and can be very wordy and hard to analyse, but very useful because of the high level of detail, such as with a candidate for a job.
data measures something, such as the physical size of something, or an opinion on a scale of 1–5, etc. This type of data is very easy to use and code; for example, the results of an online .