UNIVERSITY OF BOHOL
Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines
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COLLEGENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
Name: James Homer Fort Sarabia Date of submission: 14/03/24
Course and Year Level: BSEE – 3
Performance Evaluation 4:
Direction: Research and answer of the following:
1. What is the importance of Data Processing in computing?
Organizations require data processing to enhance their company strategy
and get a competitive advantage. If the data is converted into consumable
formats such as documents, graphs, and charts, all employees in the
organization will be able to understand and use it. Data Processing is
commonly used in organizations, institutions, especially in business empires
around the world, without it there will be no growth or improvement when it
comes to extracting value from raw data and make informed decisions based
on data-driven insights.
2. Explain the difference between the kinds of data processing.
Automatic data processing uses computer systems and software to do
activities without human intervention, resulting in increased speed, efficiency,
and accuracy. Manual data processing relies on human intervention for data
entry and processing, which can be slow and error prone.
3. Give of at least 5 examples where data processing is very effective and useful.
Data processing is essential in healthcare for tasks including patient
record maintenance, medical imaging analysis, medication discovery, and
personalized treatment. By processing huge amounts of patient data,
healthcare providers can find patterns, forecast illness outbreaks, improve
treatment outcomes, and optimize resource allocation.
In the financial sector, data processing is utilized for fraud detection, risk
management, algorithmic trading, and customer segmentation. By
analyzing transaction data in real-time, financial institutions can identify
suspicious activities, assess creditworthiness, and make informed
investment decisions.
E-commerce companies leverage data processing techniques to analyze
customer behavior, optimize pricing strategies, recommend products, and
personalize marketing campaigns. By processing browsing history,
purchase patterns, and demographic information, e-commerce platforms
can enhance the shopping experience and drive sales.
Manufacturing: Data processing is essential in modern manufacturing
processes for operations like quality control, predictive maintenance, supply
chain optimization, and production scheduling. Manufacturers can increase
overall efficiency by collecting and analyzing sensor data from equipment
and machinery.
In the transportation industry, data processing is utilized to optimize
routes, manage traffic, track vehicles, and do predictive maintenance.
Transportation businesses may save money on fuel, reduce delays, and
improve fleet safety by analyzing data from GPS devices, traffic sensors,
and maintenance logs.
4. Explain on your own words the different processes of Data Processing
functions.
Data validation ensures data accuracy, and sorting arranges it for
efficient retrieval. Summarization uses statistical approaches to condense
data, whereas aggregation brings together data points to show larger trends.
Analysis reveals patterns and linkages in the data, whereas reporting
successfully communicates findings to stakeholders. Classification divides
data into preset groupings to improve decision-making processes. These
procedures use data to make educated decisions and stimulate innovation
across industries.
5. Elaborate the advantages of each of the different kinds of validation.
Data type validation ensures that defined formats are followed, hence
maintaining integrity. Range and constraint validation prevents unrealistic
inputs and preserves data quality. Coding and cross-reference validation
improves accuracy by ensuring code correctness and consistency across
datasets. Structured validation encourages uniformity in formatting for
efficient processing, whereas consistency validation provides coherence
inside and across datasets, increasing decision-making reliability. These
strategies work together to assure data quality, which is critical for making
informed decisions and increasing organizational effectiveness.
6. Why each of the validation Methods are important in data processing?
In data and analytics operations, the data validation technique is an
important step that filters high-quality data and improves overall process
efficiency. It improves data handling while also generating accurate,
consistent, and reliable results.
7. Why Post-Validation Action is important Data Processing?
In terms of security, data validation is critical. If you are a little technical,
you may have heard of SQL Injection. This type of attack occurs when a server
processes a request, and if the server responds, the attacker gains access to
the entire database and can change the data. Data validation prevents the
server from processing malicious code, keeping it safe from hacking attempts.
8. How sorting of information helps to make data processing efficient?
Sorting information improves data processing efficiency by organizing
data in a systematic manner, allowing for faster retrieval and analysis. This
arrangement reduces the time and resources required to locate, retrieve, and
manipulate data, hence optimizing the overall data processing workflow.
9. What are the common sorting algorithm?
Bubble/Shell sort
Insertion sort
Selection sort
Quick sort
Merge Sort
10. Give example of each sorting algorithm.
Bubble/Shell Sort: after the first pass, the array becomes [3, 5, 4, 2, 8],
and after subsequent passes, it eventually becomes [2, 3, 4, 5, 8].
Insertion Sort: starts with [5], then inserts 3 to get [3, 5], then inserts 8 to
get [3, 5, 8], and so on until the entire array is sorted.
Selection Sort: starts with [2, 3, 8, 4, 5], gradually swapping elements
until the entire array is sorted.
Quick Sort: partitioning the array might result in [3, 4, 2, 5, 8], and
recursively sorting the left and right sub-arrays yields the sorted array.
Merge Sort: dividing the array might result in [5, 3] and [8, 4, 2], sorting
them yields [3, 5] and [2, 4, 8], and merging them results in the sorted
array [2, 3, 4, 5, 8].
11. How can summarization or summary of statistics important in every data
processed.
Summarization or summary statistics are important in data processing
because they provide a succinct overview of the dataset while capturing crucial
traits and trends. Condensing vast amounts of data into manageable
summaries makes it easier to comprehend, make decisions, and communicate
insights to stakeholders. Summary statistics can also help discover outliers,
patterns, and distributions in data, leading future research and exploration.
12. Differentiate Statistical Inference to Reporting and to Data Classification.
The purpose of statistical inference is to derive inferences from data using
statistical methods. Reporting conveys these findings to stakeholders, whereas
data categorization divides data into categories for analysis and decision-
making.
