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Information that would be useful to special categories of readers but
is not of interest to the
average reader can be included in annexes as well.
Examples of information that can be presented in annexes are:
•
tables referred to in the text but not included in order to keep the report short;
•
lists of hospitals,
districts, villages etc. that participated in the study;
•
questionnaires or checklists used for data collection.
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CHAPTER NINE
DEFINITION OF COMMON TERMS APPLIED IN COMPUTER USE
AND APPLICATION OF SOME STATISTICAL PACKAGES
9.1 Introduction to a microcomputer
A
computer is a general purpose, electronic, stored-program device. It is designed to handle
program instructions as well as the data to be processed by the instructions.
First generation computers (1950s) were:
Large in size
Poor capacity
Today, great advances have been made in computer technology
Size improved (reduced)
High capacity
A microcomputer
is a small computer, but it is a powerful tool. It can help you to write letters
and reports, to produce health books, to do
work with health statistics, etc.
In the computer world, the term “user friendly” is often heard. This refers to the ease with
which an individual can interact with the computer and understand
what the computer has
done for the user. The greater the user’s understanding of and familiarity with the computer,
the friendlier the computer gets.
Two important words to learn are hardware and software. Hardware refers to the parts of the
computer that you can see and touch. Software is a collection of programs
that support the
operations of a computer. It shows the parts that you cannot see or touch - it is the
instructions given to the computer in its own language that tells it what to do and how to do it.
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