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Thread ID: 72819 2006-09-27 05:19:00 Got a question Ninjabear (2948) PC World Chat
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487621 2006-09-27 05:19:00 Can anyone define secondary aspect of data in information system?

Does anybody how to define this paragraph?

For achieving that data describes a system a quality is identified that the system might have and a unit of this quality is introduced such that the extent to which the system has that quality can be expressed in multiples oft that unit. Issues arising from the respective choices of units are dealt with as secondary aspects of data


Does it make any sense to u?
If I can understand this paragraph I will then be able to finish the last question for my assignment.
Ninjabear (2948)
487622 2006-09-27 05:48:00 Does it make any sense to u?


No.

Written by someone with English as a second language?
pctek (84)
487623 2006-09-27 05:54:00 Primary Data Object
The primary data resulting from a scientific observation in a data product. Examples of primary data objects are the actual data for a single IMAGE, or a TABLE containing one hour of data for an instrument. A secondary data object may be associated with the primary data object.
Secondary Data Object
A data object associated with a primary data object in a data product. A secondary data object may provide additional information or may be necessary for processing or correctly interpreting the primary data object. For example, an engineering table(secondary data object) is often associated with a time series (primary data object) of values from an instrument to provide important housekeeping information required to properly use the data.

From here:

pds.nasa.gov
zqwerty (97)
487624 2006-09-28 06:45:00 Those NASA definitions are actually precise and comprehensible. Some of the NASA people are smart.

The original quoted paragraph is gibberish. If a lecturer (whose primary function is communication, surely) wrote that, there is something seriously wrong in the education "industry".
Graham L (2)
487625 2006-09-28 07:53:00 Um yeah he wrote that

The degree im doing is kinda hard.The assignment are written poorly.The lecture notes doesnt make much sense.

Everyone falls asleep in his class
Ninjabear (2948)
487626 2006-09-28 16:59:00 The original quoted paragraph is gibberish. If a lecturer (whose primary function is communication, surely) wrote that, there is something seriously wrong in the education "industry".

My daughter (mature) is currently doing a distance learning course in the education field and I'm appalled at the badly written assignments she has to cope with.

My own experience has been in scientific research and has included technical writing and editing. Poor written communication skills are not uncommon and I can vouch for the fact that the possession of a university degree (or two, or even three) does not guarantee sound basic writing ability.

What is horrifying is that inept professional educators are training a new generation of educators and there is no quality control whatsoever in the process.

Ninjabear, there is very little you can do about your problem except perhaps for you and the other students to make his life miserable by badgering him for reinterpretations of his work.

Lecturers do not seem to respond well to undergraduate students pointing out their failings.

On the other hand you might regard this experience as training for the real world where you'll find many examples of the same thing that you'll have to deal with in your career.
brig (1359)
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