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Format of Citations

29/10/2016 By debkr

I am suitably informed regarding citations – Open University prefers the Open University (OU) Harvard style (link to OU citation guide here).

Briefly, the format is as follows:

Author, A. A. and Other-Author, B. B. (Date) ‘Title of item’, Title of Overall Work [Item type/information], Publisher information/location from which accessed.

For this module, we are encouraged to use the same format as appears in the module study guide, and to maintain consistency throughout. Referenced in-text: (Author, YYYY). Referenced at end (‘References’):

Author, A. N. & Other-Author, A. N. (YYYY) Title of Overall Work, Location, Publisher.

A useful primer on referencing can be found here (OU library resource).

Coding 101 (part 15) Databases and beyond

09/06/2016 By debkr

Getting even more complex – many-to-many relationships:
We’ve learnt that there are several different kinds of relationships in a database (dependent on what data we’re trying to model). When we map out our data model, we should try to capture each the relationships between each of the tables in the model. In database terminology, the nature of each table-to-table relationship is referred to as the cardinality of the relationship.

Previously we looked at databases with one-to-many (and their converse, many-to-one) relationships using a Primary Key as the unique, auto-incrementing ID number in the One-Table (e.g. Recipe Type) and linking this through to the Foreign Key ID number in the Many-Table (e.g. Recipes). [Read more…] about Coding 101 (part 15) Databases and beyond

Web Survey (Ranking & Response)

05/05/2016 By debkr

Web-based survey with ranking, calculation and responses.

{This is a headline}

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How would you rate yourself for the following items…

Q. 1 {enter description of item being ranked}

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Q. 2 {enter description of item being ranked}

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Q. 3 {enter description of item being ranked}

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Q. 4 {enter description of item being ranked}

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Q. 5 {enter description of item being ranked}

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

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