| 4.1.3 Quality of Information |
| Last update 08 June 2009 - FatMax |
In this topic you need to understand how information can improve
the quality of decision making and be abale to discuss the different ways to find information.
| Key Points/Learning Outcomes |
You should understand that:
- that accurate, correctly
targeted, understandable, complete, relevant, up to date information has user confidence
You also need to understand that there are different ways to find information including: On-line (Internet, Intranet, CD Roms) and non-ICT sources. |
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Below you can find some resources to help you with your planning, revision or idle curiosity. Note: none of these are endorsed by WJEC
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| IThis is the same ppt as 4.1.2 but some of the info (i.e. factors affecting value) is relevant to this topic. |
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| Set of notes based on WJEC INSET CD material. Covers sources of info and factors affecting quality. |
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| New mini site from Teach-ICT. This is for the OCR specification but is equally relevant to WJEC. |
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| IT1 Revision ppt from NgFL-CYMRU covers most of 4.1.1 - 4.1.3. |
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| PowerPoint from ICT-Teacher.com. Written for the old AQA spec but some parts of it are relevant to both 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 . |
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| Steve Longley's Flash notes for value of info (AQA). Same as the one in 4.1.2. Right click and save link as / save target as |
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| Nice comparison of different ways to obtain information online. The popup the site tries to display is a ppt version of the info. |
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| The above article in doc format in case your school or college blocks the above site due to popups. |
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| Set of questions (not all relevant) that can be butchered to create homework/tests. The password-protected answers are here |
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| Interactive revision diagram type thingy for 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 |
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| Handout based on the answer to 2007 Q3. Covers ICT and non-ICT sources of information |
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| Books/Reading |
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| See the books page or follow the links for more details about the titles listed below |
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- Mott & Leeming - pages 8 - 17
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| Sample Question |
Good-quality information is needed by companies when making major policy decisions. One feature of good-quality information is that it is accurate.
Give four other features of good quality information.
More sample questions and answers are available here |
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| Books for 4.1.3 |
ICT Through Diagrams
Alan Gardner
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Essential ICT for WJEC
Stephen Doyle |
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WJEC ICT
Mott & Leeming |
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