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Elaboration (2) ACTDIP036

developing strategies to ensure the privacy and security of survey data, for example using numbers rather than names as identifiers; password protecting files to reduce risks of modifying data and using CAPTCHA™ to confirm human responses

Elaboration ACTDIP036

developing strategies and techniques for capturing accurate and usable qualitative and quantitative data of different formats, for example using text entry for open-ended questions to acquire qualitative data; using radio buttons or checkboxes for closed …

ACTDIP041

Implement modular programs, applying selected algorithms and data structures including using an object-oriented programming language

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Elaboration (3) ACTDIP041

selecting different types of data structures such as an array, record and object to model structured data

ACTDIP037

Analyse and visualise data to create information and address complex problems, and model processes, entities and their relationships using structured data

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Elaboration (1) ACTDIP037

summarising data using advanced filtering and grouping techniques, for example pivot tables in spreadsheets and aggregation functions in databases

Elaboration (5) ACTDIK034

explaining encryption of data as a means of protecting data, for example secret keys and ‘exclusive or’ (XOR) and hashing algorithms to digitally sign data

Elaboration (3) ACTDIP036

extracting specific data from an external source and storing it in a format that is more useful for analysis, for example combining mapping data from multiple electronic data sets to build a composite representation

Elaboration ACTDIP037

using visualisation software tools to identify patterns and relationships between sets of data and information, and support abstract reasoning, for example representing data using histograms, network diagrams and maps

Elaboration (5) ACTDIP037

interpreting schemas that represent relationships between entities and querying data across tables, for example using foreign keys to represent relationships and joining tables in structured query language (SQL) SELECT statements

Elaboration ACTDIK035

explaining how simple compression schemes reduce the size of repetitive data, for example how run length encoding reduces the size of images

Elaboration (1) ACTDIP036

identifying strengths and weaknesses of collecting data using different methods, for example online surveys, face-to-face interviews, phone interviews, observation, blog entries in response to a posting, phone logs, browser history and online webcam …

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