Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Group 5
Data
are collection of
numbers, quantities,
facts or records used for
drawing conclusions or
making inferences
1. Primary Data
-Individual
persons
-Organizations
-Established
practices
-Documents
-Living
Organism
-Man-made
-Natural
materials
objects
2. Secondary Data
-Books
-Articles
-Unpublished
theses and
dissertations
-monograph, manuscript
Advantages of Primary
Data
Over
Secondary
Data
1. Primary
Data gives
Detailed Definition of Terms
and Statistical Units used in
the Survey.
While
Advantages of Primary
Data
Over
Secondary
Data
2. Primary
Data usually
includes a copy of the
Schedule and a Description
of the Procedure used in the
selection of the type of Data
and collecting it.
Gives
an Idea of Accuracy,
Applicability, and Limitation
of Survey Results.
Advantages of Primary
Data
Over
Secondary
Data
3. Primary
Data are
usually
Broken down into Finer
classifications
Secondary
E.G.
Advantages of
Secondary Data
1.
2.
Analysis and
interpretation are done
more easily.
3.
Categories of Data
gathered from
Respondents
Respondents
are
Facts
These
are recollections,
observations, and perceptions
of respondents about
themselves and of other
people.
Attitudes and
Feelings
These
Judgements
These
Psychomotor Skills
These
Selecting the
Method of
Collecting Data
Clerical Tools
.are
Clerical Tools
1. The
questionnaire method.
2. The
interview method
3. The
empirical observation
method
4.
5.
6. The
experimental method
7. The
library method
1. The Questionnaire
Method
Aquestionnaireis a research
instrument consisting of a
series of questions and other
prompts for the purpose of
gathering information from
respondents.
3. The Empirical
Observation Method
The
"empirical"
Empiricaldata
is produced by
experiment andobservation.
5. The Experimental
Method
It
2. Mechanical Devices
includes
1. microscopes
2. thermometers
3. cameras
Characteristics of a
good Research
2.
3.
4.
Characteristics of a
good Research
Instrument
5. It should be free from all kinds of
bias.
6.
7.
8.
Characteristics of a
good Research
Instrument
9.
It must be accompanied by a
good cover letter.
10.
It must be accompanied, if
possible, by a letter of
recommendation from the sponsor.