Sam's Club installed self-checkout stations that can track not only member's purchases but also packaging problems,as the system uses universal product codes to match the item the shopper has in their cart with its price and inventory level in the store,generating a spreadsheet style report for the researcher.If you consider the scanner as the tool for collecting data for Sam's researchers,they are doing data entry by ____.
A) Spreadsheet
B) Optical Character Recognition
C) Field editing
D) Voice Recognition
E) None of the above

Question

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The scanner uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read the universal product codes (UPCs) on items, which allows it to match the item with its price and inventory level. This process does not involve manual data entry into a spreadsheet, voice recognition, or field editing, but rather the automatic recognition and digitization of printed characters on packaging.

Sam's Club Installed Self-Checkout Stations That Can Track Not Only