Gathering of

Statistical Data
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Statistical Methods of
Important Terms Instrument Collecting Data
IMPORTANT TERMS
- Data

Units of information, facts or figures, which are numerical or others,

collected with definite purpose. Two types of data are qualitative and
quantitative data.

-Data Collection

Process of gathering information from different sources in order to answer

or solve a particular study.
TWO TYPES OF DATA

Qualitative Data
Involves the collection, analysis, and
management of data, instead of counting
responses or recording numeric data

Quantitative Data
Represented in measurements and
numerical data
Statistical Instruments
-Devices used by researchers to gather data
Questionnaire
Research instrument that consist
of a set of questions that aims to
collect information from a
respondent.
Tally
Sheets
Check Sheet, it is a simple way to
accumulate data about the
frequency of certain data.
Statistical Instruments

Flow Chart Performance Check

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skills, tools and resources.
METHODS OF DATA
COLLECTION

—OBSERVATION —EXPERIMENT —SURVEY

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— REGISTRATION/
—INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE CENSUS
 Primary Data

Can also be called raw data. A type of

information collected directly from the
source. Primary data means
original data that has been collected
specially for the purpose in mind. It
means someone collected the data from
the original source first hand

This includes observations,

Questionnaires, surveys,
Experiments, interviews etc.
OBSERVATI
ON
-As the name suggest, this involves
personal observation of the
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behavior of individuals or
organization in a study.
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 This method is more subjective, as it

requires the researcher, or observer, to add
their judgment to the data. But in some
circumstances, the risk of bias is minimal. It
can determine the dynamics of a situation,
which generally cannot be measured
through other data collection techniques.
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-Method used to determine the
cause and effect of a certain
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events or phenomena.
This method is sought
from variables that
affect other variables.
 SURVEY
-A collection method where you
select a small group of respondent
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from a population to gather
informaion about the population
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 collect information from a Surveys are a cost-effective and

targeted group of people about efficient means
their opinions, behavior, or of gathering information about a
knowledge. population.

This can be useful if you’re

collecting a large amount of data Surveys need to be
from a large population.
carefully planned.
INTERVIEW
-Interviews are a direct method of
gathering data where the researcher
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will ask questions to a respondent
face-to-face.
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nterviews are used to collect data from a
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questionnaire, with the same questions
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QUESTIONN
AIRE
-A method of collecting data
through a set of question or a
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prompt which may be given in a
printed or electronic copy.
Examples

It is a set of standardized questions, often called items, which follow a fixed scheme
in order to collect individual data about one or more specific topics.
Secondary Data

Secondary data refers
to data that is collected by
someone other than the
primary user. These data used
information from pre-existing
documents or studies.

This includes registrations,

Census, government
Documents, books,etc.
REGISTRAT
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CENSUS
-This method uses registrations and
other legal documents such as birth
certificates, marriage etc.
Examples
Summary
 Data are units of information collected with definite purpose.
1. Qualitative Data
2. Quantitative Data
 Data Collection is the process of gathering and analyzing data.
1. Observation
2. Experiment
3. Survey
4. Interview
5. Questionnaire
6. Registration
 Statistical Instruments are devices used by researches to gather data
 Questionnaire
 Tally Sheet
 Flow Chart
 Performance Check
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