379 CSCI Databases for Everything
Writing Assignment 1: From Data Collection to Database
Purpose This writing assignment documents the data collection and database creation activities of the Creative Lab Assignment 1: UNCA Student Services. The purpose of this assignment is to clarify in your own mind the steps one goes through in collecting raw data and entering it into a database system. Before the data can be entered, of course, the appropriate data base tables must be created. Once you have written down the procedure, we will be using it later in this course as a guide on another assignment. Method This writing assignment has two parts the data sheets that filled out during your visits to the student services organizations, and an write-up of the steps required to enter the data into an access database and create a form. Report Format What I am looking for here is a paper (write-up) that outlines the step-by-step procedure for completing this assignment. Consider the analogy of writing a cook-book which recipe gives a step-by-step procedure for making a, say, desert. First you describe how you collect the ingredients for the desert (data collection), then how you combine them (data entry), then how very much you enjoy the result (use of the database to solve a problem). You want your desert to be delicious, so you carefully document each step from food gathering to enjoyment. You want your database to be useful, so you carefully document each step from data gathering to use by query. See "Example of Writing Style" this is a sample report for you to use as a guide. Evaluation...