Data Collection Technique And Quantitative Data Analysis Flashcards
This is one major component of any type of research.
Collecting data
Using your sense organs, you gather facts or information about people, things, places, events and so on by watching and listening to them
Observation
Data gathering technique that allows you to obtain facts or information abou the subject or object of your research through data gathering instruments of interview and questionnaire.
Survey
This is the paper containing series of questions formulated for an individual and independent answering by several respondents ti obtain statistical information.
Questionnaire
Likewise uses interview as its data gathering instrument. Makes you ask a set of questions, done orally.
Interview
Order of interview questions, opening questions to establish friendly relationships, like question about the place, the tome, the physical appearance of the participant or other nonverbal things that are not for audio recording.
First set of questions
generative questions to encourage open-ended
questions like those that ask about the respondents’ inferences, views, or opinions
about the interview topic.
Second set of questions
directive questions or close-ended questions to elicit
specific answers like those that are answerable with yes or no, with one type of an
object, or with definite period of time, and the like
Third set of questions
ending questions that give the respondents the
chance to air their satisfaction, wants, likes, dislikes, reactions, or comments
about the interview. Included here are also closing statements to give the
respondents some ideas or clues on your next move or activity about the results
of the interview
Fourth set of questions
Guidelines in Formulating Interview Questions, Use clear and simple language. True or False?
True
Guidelines in Formulating Interview Questions,
Use acronyms, abbreviations, jargons, and highfalutin terms.
T or F
False Avoid using acronyms, abbreviations, jargons, and highfalutin terms.
Guidelines in Formulating Interview Questions, Let one question elicit only one answer; there should be no double-barrel
question.
T or F
True
Guidelines in Formulating Interview Questions , Express your point in exact, specific, bias-free, and gender-free language. T or F
True
Guidelines in Formulating Interview Questions, Give way to how your respondents want themselves to be identified. T or F
True
Establish continuity or free flow of the respondents’ thoughts by using appropriate follow up questions. T or F
True