DATA COLLECTION

THE HEART OF RESEARCH

 Data collection is an extremely important part of any
research because the conclusions of a study are based
on what the data reveal. There are several ways of
collecting data. The choice of procedures usually
depends on the objectives and design of the study and
the availability of time, money and personnel .

How important is DATA

COLLECTION?
WHAT IS..
The term data refers to any kind of
information researchers obtain on the
subjects, respondents or participants
of the study. In research, data are
collected and used to answer the
research questions or objectives of
the study.
SAMPLES OF DATA
Demographic information
Social and economic information
TYPES OF RESEARCH
DATA:
 QUANTITATIVE
A study may be intended to generate
precise quantitative findings or to
produce qualitative descriptive
information or both. Quantitative
Data- are information which can be
counted or expressed in numerical
values. Ex: age, grades, income, test
score, number of children, level of
satisfaction, amount of sales, length
of service, etc.
GENERALLY CLASSIFIED
QUALITATIVE DATA These are
descriptive information which has
no numerical values. Ex: attitude
or perception towards something,
process used in accomplishing an
activity, a persons experiences,
ones idea about certain concepts,
situation, or phenomenon like
drug abuse , family planning,
brgy. Justice system, etc.
 B. Secondary Data
A. Primary Data These are information collected
from other available sources, like
These are information recent censuses, or data collected by
collected directly from the large scale national or world wide
subjects being studied, such surveys, such as agriculture and
are people, areas, or objects industry surveys, demographic and
health surveys, data of completed
studies.

Based on their source