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Research 1 Activity Sheet

Quarter 3 - MELC 3
Week 3
Gathering Data

REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS

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Research 1
Activity Sheet No. 3 – Gathering Data
First Edition, 2021

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Grade and Section________________________________Date: ___________________

RESEARCH 1 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 3

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.

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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?
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 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?
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Q3. What is the qualitative datum that Carl gathered in his experiment?
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Q4. How did Carl gather the qualitative datum in his experiment?
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Q5. What is the quantitative datum that Carl gathered in his experiment?
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Q6. How did Carl gather the quantitative datum in his experiment?
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Note: Datum is singular for Data

IV. Reflection

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

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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), 2020

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Activity 1
Q1. The plant’s height grown into 3 ft./ the plant height did not grow.
Q2. The plant’s leaf color is still green/ the plant’s leaf color becomes brown.
Q3. The left color which is green on the exposed to sunlight and brown on the not expose to
the sun.
Q4. The data was gathered through observation and description of the leaf color or by the
senses.
Q5. The plant’s height which is 3 ft on the exposed to sunlight and no growth on not exposed
to sun.
Q6. The data was gathered by using measuring tools or equipment’s.
Reflection
Answer Keys VI.