About the Course

Introduction

Data handling is extremely importantfor both research and official purposes. It is a process of collecting, presenting and storing information for further analysis.This course is aimed to make students familiar with research and data collection procedures to enable them gain confidence in fundamentals of data management. The objectives of the course are as follows:

• To introduce students to the basic concepts of data management
• To give students a preliminary idea about the nature of data and collection of different types of data.
• To familiarize them with different types of data representation techniques.
• To provide some idea of basic statistical techniques of data handling.