Data collection Flashcards
datum; collection of numbers, quantities, etc. used as bases for making inferences/conclusion; what research is searching for
Data
directly from the informants
o Individual persons
o Organized groups or organizations
o Established practices such as marriage
o Documents in their original forms such as the Constitution
o Living organism o Man-made material things
o Natural objects and phenomena such as rain
• PRIMARY DATA
– gathered from secondary choices
o books, articles, unpublished theses and dissertations, monograms, manuscript, second-hand sources
• SECONDARY DATA
recollections, observations, and perceptions of respondents about themselves and of other people
• Facts
recollections, observations, and perceptions of respondents about themselves and of other people
• Facts
respondent’s ideas and thoughts about the research topic, and his personal feelings about the worth of the item being investigated
• Attitudes and Feelings
- respondent’s ideas or opinion about, or his actual behavior, in a given situation
• Judgments
manipulative skills of the individual and his activities that involve his five senses
• Psychomotor skills
principles that we are applying today have been the results of extensive testing
• Results of tests and experiments
used on gathering data on the feelings, emotions, attitudes, and judgments of the subjects. (for example: questionnaire, interview, observation, testing, registration, experimental, library)
• Clerical Tools
- (microscopes, cameras, thermometers)
• Mechanical Devices
