Neil Y.

Abellera
Grade 12 Hope HUMSS 10

Practical Research 2
Quarter 4 Module 5

Lesson 1

What I Have Learned

A quantitative data collection is about figures and numbers. There are four data
collection techniques these are questionnaire, test, interview and observation. A
questionnaire is a research tool featuring a series of questions used to collect useful
information from respondents. Basically, it is a set of standard questions, often called
items which collect individual data about one or more specific topics. Sometimes
questionnaires are confused with interviews.

An interview is a standard method used for data collection. Interviews are

conducted to collect quantitative data which are more structured wherein the
researcher ask only standard set of questionnaire. There are three major types of
interviews conducted for data collection, namely: telephone interviews, face to face
interviews, computer assisted personal interview.

Observation is a systematic data collection wherein researchers use all of their

senses to examine people in natural settings or naturally occurring situations.
Observation provides the most accurate information about people, their tasks, and their
needs. Since , people are the interest of the researcher, observation provides the most
accurate information about people, their tasks, and their needs,

A test in quantitative data collection is commonly used to measure aptitude

achievement, personality and performance to distinguish it from laboratory based
medical tests. For me, the most understood type of quantitative data collection is
questionnaire and interview. The written questionnaire has some advantages is likely to
be less expensive in terms of time spent collecting date. Another advantage is the
respondents are more likely to express controversial opinions that they can remain
anonymous.

Interview have many advantages one of which is questioning people who cannot
write their responses or respondents who do not write as frequently as they speak. The
researcher can combine structured and unstructured questions which can provide depth
and richness to data. There is no slightly understood or the least understood data
collection in quantitative research. It is up for the researcher to choose what method of
research he is going to use in his research. It should be a research that he is comfortable
and challenged to do.
Neil Abellera
Grade 12 Hope HUMSS 10

Practical Research 2
Quarter 4 Module 5
Lesson 2