VCE Applied Computing U1O1: Types and purposes of data
Students learn to tell data from information, primary from secondary sources, and qualitative from quantitative data, and how each is collected and used, including surveys, sensors, census, time-series and AI-generated data.
One content description from the full VCE Applied Computing - U1O1 - Data analysis journey. All 15 modules below are in that journey too, with the same content — add just these to a class, or the whole strand.
Modules (15)
1
Data and information
2
Primary and secondary data sources
3
Quantitative data
4
Qualitative data
5
Purposes of qualitative and quantitative data
6
Interviews to gather perspectives on a topical issue
7
Collecting data with a survey
8
Writing unbiased survey questions
9
Sensor data to monitor a person's health
10
Census data
11
Demographic data for statistical analysis
12
Data collected over a period of time
13
How does an AI actually work?
14
Data generated by artificial intelligence
15
Open data portals and data licences
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