Data Processing
Data Processing can be any computer operation or series of operations performed on data to get insightful information.
Elements of Data Processing
Before the data can be processed by a computer first the data needs to converted into a machine readable format. Once the data is in digital format various procedures can be applied on the data to get infromation. Data Processing includes all the processes from Data Entry till Data Mining.
Important elements of data processing are
- Data Entry
- Data Cleaning
- Data Coding
- Data Translation
- Data Summarization
- Data Aggregation
- Data Validation
- Data Tabulation
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Warehousing
- Data Mining
- Data Presentation