{"id":1542,"date":"2020-03-06T15:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T23:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/?post_type=tva_lesson&#038;p=1542"},"modified":"2020-06-25T09:29:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T16:29:33","slug":"good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Good vs. Bad Naming and Definitions (Exercise)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are three unpolished entries in the Business Glossary. Please use the following table and identify the issues. You can copy\/paste this in your worksheet and try to make the necessary edits. There&#8217;s no absolute truth when it comes to the end result, but each of these entries can definitely be improved.<\/p>\n<p>You can copy\/paste the exercise from the following spreadsheet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/17TXRCiq8BZKtzmzPkz-skdtlFZlQK7Hef6LkU5I5MRg\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"outline: none;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/17TXRCiq8BZKtzmzPkz-skdtlFZlQK7Hef6LkU5I5MRg\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A second version with guidelines can be found below, as well as the answer key at the end of this page.<\/p>\n<table data-rows=\"4\" data-cols=\"3\" data-v=\"middle\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>UNPOLISHED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>REVISED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FTEs:<\/strong> FTEs are the workload of persons, such as employees or students converted to a proportion of a full-time work-load.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date of Birth: <\/strong>The date of birth is the birth date of a person that they celebrate as one of the best days of the year. Yay!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Contactable: <\/strong>An individual or organization which can be contacted.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"\">If you need some guidance, you can use the guidelines below:<\/p>\n<table data-rows=\"4\" data-cols=\"3\" data-v=\"middle\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>UNPOLISHED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p style=\"\"><strong>REVISED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p><strong>GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>FTEs:<\/strong> FTEs are the workload of persons, such as employees or students converted to a proportion of a full-time work-load.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Start in singular<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Record acronym separately<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Exclude the examples<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date of Birth: <\/strong>The date of birth is the birth date of a person that they celebrate as one of the best days of the year. Yay!<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid circular definition<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Be concise<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Exclude emotional language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid restating the term<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Contactable: <\/strong>An individual or organization which can be contacted.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u200b<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Start with noun of broader concept<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid circular definition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"\">Here is the answer key that highlights the issues in the unpolished version and provides a revised entry.<\/p>\n<table data-rows=\"4\" data-cols=\"3\" data-v=\"middle\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p><strong>UNPOLISHED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p><strong>REVISED<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"\">\n<p><strong>GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(191, 0, 0);\">FTEs:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: rgb(191, 0, 0);\">&nbsp;FTEs are<\/span> the workload of person<span style=\"color: rgb(191, 0, 0);\">s, such as employees or students<\/span> converted to a proportion of a full-time work-load.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 146, 4);\">Full-time Equivalent:<\/span><\/strong> The workload of <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 146, 4);\">a person<\/span> converted to a proportion of a full-time work-load <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 146, 4);\">during a given period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Start in singular<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Record acronym separately<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Exclude the examples<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date of Birth: <\/strong><span style=\"color: rgb(191, 0, 0);\">The date of birth is the birth date of a person that they celebrate as one of the best days of the year. Yay!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Date of Birth:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 146, 4);\">The calendar day on which a person was born per official document issued by a legal authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid circular definition<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Be concise<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Exclude emotional language<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid restating the term<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td data-th=\"UNPOLISHED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Contactable: <\/strong><span style=\"color: rgb(191, 0, 0);\">An individual or organization which can be contacted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"REVISED\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Contactable:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: rgb(0, 146, 4);\">A constituent who has at least one current valid mailing address, or phone number, or email address.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td data-th=\"GUIDELINES\" style=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Start with noun of broader concept<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022 Avoid circular definition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1542","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-business-glossary","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LightsOnData<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Good vs. Bad Naming and Definitions (Exercise) | LightsOnData\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A quick exercise in identifying the issues with unpolished term names and definitions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LightsOnData\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-25T16:29:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@georgefirican\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/\",\"name\":\"Good vs. Bad Naming and Definitions (Exercise) | LightsOnData\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-06T23:07:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-25T16:29:33+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/course\/good-vs-bad-naming-and-definitions-excercise\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.lightsondata.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The How &#8211; 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