Data Processing Cycle

Data Processing Cycle

This is a series of steps carried out to transform data into useful information. The following are the stages involved in processing data:

1. Data gathering stage: At this stage, data is gathered through various ways such as asking questions observations, reading books, listening and watching electronic media (radio and television). For example, giving a prospective customer a form to fill before opening a bank account is a form of data gathering. Data gathering is the process of searching and collecting information to be processed anywhere it is available e.g. collecting students’ test and exam scores.
2. Data collation stage:

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