6. Issues related to information systems and databases


Students Learn About:

issues related to information systems and databases
  • acknowledgment of data sources
  • the Freedom of Information Act 
  • privacy principles
  • quality of data
  • accuracy of data and the reliability of data sources
  • access to data, ownership and control of data 
  • data matching to cross link data across multiple databases
  • current and emerging trends in the organisation, processing, storage and retrieval of data 
  • current and emerging trends in the organisation, processing, storage and retrieval of data, such as: 
    • data warehousing and data mining
    • Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) and Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) 

Students Learn To:

 


  • identify and apply issues of ownership, accuracy, data quality, security and privacy of information, data matching
  • discuss issues of access to and control of information

 

 

 

  • validate information retrieved from the Internet