Lesson 2 Flashcards
is the plus or minus figure usually reported in newspaper or television opinion poll results, is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error
Margin of error
In conducting a study or research this is the first step.
collection of data
Data may be gathered from
primary or secondary sources.
are the government institutions, business agencies, and other organizations.
data gathered from the National Statistics Office (NSO) are information derived from personal interviews
Primary sources
are books, encyclopedia, journals, magazines, and researches or studies conducted by other individuals
Secondary sources
Secondary sources
are books, encyclopedia, journals, magazines, and researches or studies conducted by other individuals
Primary sources
are the government institutions, business agencies, and other organizations.
is used to obtain the current status of the phenomena to describe “what exists”
Descriptive research