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RESEARCH 1

ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 1

Gathering Data

I. Learning Competency with Code

Explain how data are gathered qualitatively and quantitatively. (SSP_RS7-IPS-III-n17)

II. Background Information for Learners

You have already learned the difference between qualitative data and quantitative
data in our previous activity. How do they differ from each other? How are they
gathered? What is data collection or gathering?

Data collection is described as the process of gathering and measuring

information to answer queries or problems. If you wonder why you feel hot whenever you
don’t take a bath, you usually ask your mother and other family members the reason why
you feel that way. The information you get from them by getting their answers on your
question is an example of data collection or gathering.

In this lesson you are going to explain how data are gathered qualitatively and
quantitatively.

Remember that there are two types of data that you can gather. How do you know
that the data you gathered is quantitative or qualitative data?

Quantitative data is a type of data that is numeric in form and can be calculated or
computed. It is usually gathered by using measuring equipment or tools like meter stick
or ruler, weighing scales, thermometer and other measuring devices. When you count
the number of fruits in a tree or measure how long its branches are, you are gathering
quantitative data.

Qualitative data on the other hand, is a type of data that describe the
characteristics or qualities of an object. Unlike quantitative data, it is not numerical. It is
usually gathered by observing a sample using the five senses as mentioned in the
previous lesson. When you describe the color of your classmate’s bag, the taste of the
candy in the canteen or the sound of vehicles in the street, you are gathering qualitative
data.
III. Activity Proper
Directions: To understand data gathering, you will be given a situation or a problem.
Read and analyse the problem or data given. Answer the guide questions that follow.

While setting on a chair near the garden, Carl notice a rose plant that is
looking dry and about to die under an old garden house. He wondered why that rose
plant die when other rose plants outside the old garden house are all blooming well. The
next day he asked his favourite Science teacher Mr. Victoriano about it. Mr. Victorian told
him that maybe due lack of sunlight was the caused why the rose wiithered. Carl still feel
confused about it. So, Mr. Victoriano asked Carl to do a simple experiment on the effect
of exposure to sunlight on plants. He used 2 set ups, set up 1 the treatment group which
is exposed to sunlight for 3 weeks and set up 2 as the controlled group which was not
exposed to sunlight after 3 weeks. Then he examined the plants in both set ups and
describe the effects in terms of plant height, number of leaves and leaf color.

Here are Carl’s recorded data for 3 weeks:

Plant’s Height
Set up 1: Exposed to sunlight Set up 2: Not Exposed to sunlight
Week 1 1 foot Week 1 1foot
Week 2 2 feet Week 2 1 foot
Week 3 3 feet Week 3 1 foot

Number of Leaves
Set up 1: Exposed to sunlight Set up 2: Not Exposed to sunlight
Week 1 Two Week 1 Two
Week 2 Four Week 2 Three
Week 3 Six Week 3 Three

Leaf color
Set up 1: Exposed to sunlight Set up 2: Not Exposed to sunlight
Week 1 Green Week 1 Brown
Week 2 Green Week 2 Brown
Week 3 Green Week 3 Brown

Guide Question/s:

Q1. What happened to the plant’s height after 3 weeks of exposure to sunlight? What
about the plants not exposed to sunlight?
 Q2. What happened to the leaf color of the plant after being exposed to sunlight for 3
weeks? What about the leaf color that is not exposed to sunlight?

Q3. What is the qualitative datum that Carl gathered in his experiment?

Q4. How did Carl gather the qualitative datum in his experiment?

Q5. What is the quantitative datum that Carl gathered in his experiment?

Q6. How did Carl gather the quantitative datum in his experiment?

Note: Datum is singular for Data

IV. Reflection

What kind of data would you like to be? Why?

V. References for Learners

Anastasia Belyh. 2019. “Overview of Qualitative and Quantitative Data Collection

Methods” https://www.cleverism.com/qualitative-and-quantitative-data-collection-
methods/
K to 12 Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs), 2022