Data Collection Methods in Research
Learn about the various methods and techniques used for collecting data in research studies. Understand the advantages and disadvantages of each method and how to ensure accurate and systematic data collection.
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the essence of data analysis?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Data analysis is the process of making meaning from the data.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the primary motivations behind individuals engaging in research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Individuals are motivated to engage in research due to a desire for a research degree and its benefits, the challenge of solving unsolved problems, intellectual joy of creative work, service to society, and gaining respectability.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How do research methods and research methodology differ?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Research methods are techniques used for conducting research, while research methodology is the systematic way to solve the research problem scientifically.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the primary method of selecting respondents in convenience sampling?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Respondents are selected because they happen to be in the right place at the right time.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the main purpose of descriptive research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The main purpose of descriptive research is to describe the state of affairs as it exists at present.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does judgmental sampling differ from general convenience sampling?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">In judgmental sampling, elements are selected based on the researcher's judgment.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the most challenging task in constructing new instruments for data collection?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Ensuring they have reasonable reliability and validity.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">Why is consistency important in data collection?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">It minimizes bias introduced when more than one person collects the data.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is crucial for the success of a study?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The quality of the data collection methods chosen and employed.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What distinguishes quantitative research from other research methods?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Quantitative research is characterized by the systematic collection and interpretation of numerical data, structured research designs, statistical analysis, and objective measurement of phenomena.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does qualitative research differ from quantitative research in terms of data collection and analysis?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data, such as words, images, and observations, to obtain rich, detailed, and contextually nuanced information.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">At what stage does the selection of the data collection method begin?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">During the literature review.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the initial step in snowball sampling?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">An initial group of respondents is selected, usually at random.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What action is taken after the initial group of respondents is interviewed in snowball sampling?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">These respondents are asked to identify others who belong to the target population of interest.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How does analytical research utilize existing information?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Analytical research uses facts or information already available to make a critical evaluation of the material.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What does accurate and systematic data collection enable in scientific research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">It allows us to collect information about our study objects.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are some methods of data collection mentioned?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Documents review, observation, questioning, measuring, or a combination of different methods.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the goal of applied research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Applied research aims at finding a solution for an immediate problem facing a society or an industrial/business organisation.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What challenges are associated with observational data collection?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Reactivity, ethical concerns, and vulnerability to observer bias.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What distinguishes a semi-structured interview from a structured interview?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The interviewer has more freedom to modify the wording and order of questions.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the significance of business research in strategic planning?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Business research assists in setting realistic goals, defining objectives, and developing strategies to achieve them, ensuring efforts are aligned with the company's long-term vision.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the purpose of structured observation?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Specifying in advance what behaviors or events are to be observed.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the advantages of using observations as a data collection method?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">It may be the only way to study certain variables and ensure the validity of findings, offering depth and variety of information.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the purpose of sharing codes with colleagues in research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">To build depth into the analysis and ensure accuracy in interpretation of data.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What is the goal of axial coding?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">To identify themes that cut across all data sets.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What are the key activities involved in effective data analysis?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Keeping an eye on the main game, managing data, engaging in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis, presenting data, and drawing conclusions.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What characterizes fundamental research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Fundamental research is mainly concerned with generalizations and the formulation of a theory, often involving natural phenomena or pure mathematics.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What does open coding involve?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">Assigning a code word or phrase that describes the meaning of the text segment.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">What ensures the objectivity of data collection methods in research?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">The data must not be influenced by anyone who collects the information, ensuring objectivity.</p>
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<h2 style="font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 1.5rem;">How are themes classified according to their prevalence in the data?</h2>
<p style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 1.2rem;">As major themes, which represent the main ideas, or minor themes, which are secondary.</p>
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