DATA

COLLECTION
The Heart of Research
Q. How important it is?
Data collection is an
extremely important part
of any research because
the conclusions of a study
are based on what the
data reveal.

How Important it is?:

• 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.

What are data?:

• Demographic information
• age
• Sex
• household size
• civil status or religion

Examples of data:
• Social and economic information
• educational attainment
• health status
• extent of participants in social
organizations
• Occupation
• Income
• housing condition

Examples of data:
•Scores in exams
•grades

Examples of data:
•Quantitative
•Qualitative
Types of Research Data:
•Primary
•Secondary
two categories
• These are information
collected directly from
the subjects being
studied, such are people,
areas, or objects

Primary Data:
• These are information collected
from other available sources, like
recent censuses, or data collected
by large scale national or world
wide surveys, such as agriculture
and industry surveys,
demographic and health surveys,
data of completed studies.

Secondary Data:
• The choice of the best way to collect data depends
largely on the type of data to be collected and the
source of data.
• Before starting to collect data, a researcher should
decide:
• A. What data to collect
• B. Where or from whom the data will be obtain
• C. What instrument/s or device/s to use in collecting
the data.

Techniques of Collecting
Data:
Data Collection
Techniques
Observations
Tests
Surveys
Document analysis
(the research literature)