Week 4

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This journal entry is due on Thursday, September 19, at 12:01am Pacific time.

Overview

The purpose of this assignment is:

  • To gain experience working directly with a relational database using the Microsoft Access software
  • To experience a real-world example of how raw data sets can be distributed and formatted
  • To get some practice with SQL queries, while exploring a biological database

Individual Journal Assignment

  • Store this journal entry as "username Week 4" (i.e., this is the text to place between the square brackets when you link to this page).
  • Create the following set of links. (HINT: These links should all be in your personal template that you created for the Week 1 Assignment; you should then simply invoke your template on each new journal entry.)
    • Link to your journal entry from your user page.
    • Link back from your journal entry to your user page.
    • Link to this assignment from your journal entry.
    • Add the "Journal Entry" category to the end of your wiki page.

Homework Partners

You will work in groups of two for this week's assignment. Please sit next to your partner in class. You will be expected to consult with your partner, in order to complete the assignment. However, unless otherwise stated, each partner must submit his or her own work as the individual journal entry (direct copies of each other's work is not allowed). Homework partners for this week are:

  • Aby and Michael
  • Christina and David
  • DeLisa and Naomi
  • Emma and Iliana
  • Ivy and Jonar
  • Joey and Marcus
  • Kaitlyn and Mihir