Lesson

Planning Data Collection

5 Procedure

What’s In

You have learned the important factors in developing your research instruments in
lesson 3 of this Module. You can now identify the steps you are going to undertake in your
actual gathering of data. In this lesson, three phases in data collection will be presented so
that you can clearly plan your data collection procedure in your current research.

What I Need to Know

Quantitative Data

Generally, data are any pieces of information or facts that people have known. Once these
data answers the research problem, it becomes helpful to research. When research data
appears to be measurable in the numerical form, it is considered quantitative data. However,
some qualitative data can also be useful to quantitative research once it is given a numerical
value. For example, if you study about adjustment experiences of students to distant learning,
if it is categorized and numbered accordingly, then it can be quantified during analysis.
Techniques in Collecting Quantitative
Data

The following are the common quantitative data gathering technique. Each technique
corresponds to specific instrument which will be further discussed in Module 5.

Observation. It is gathering information about a certain condition by using senses. The

researcher records the observation as seen and heard. This is done by direct observation or
indirect observation by the use of gadgets or apparatus. An observation checklist aid the
researcher in recording the data gathered.

Survey. Data gathering is done through interview or questionnaire. By means of

questionnaire you use series of questions or statements that respondents will have to answer.
Basically, respondents write or choose their answer from given choices. On the other hand,
interview is when you ask respondents orally to tell you the responses. Since you are doing
quantitative research, it is expected that responses have numerical value either it is nominal
or ordinal in form.

Experiment. When your study is an experimental design, it was already discussed in the
previous lesson that it would use treatment or intervention. After the chosen subjects,
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participants, or respondents undergone the intervention, the effects of such treatment will be
measured.

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 What’s New

Activity 1: What’s the Procedure

Looking at the flowchart of the data gathering procedure, what do you think is the
research design of the study?

Before During After

•Seek permission from •Provide intructions to •Encode the data

school principal of respondents gathered
students •Administer the •Analyze the data
•Develop research questionnaire questionnaire
•Determine sample size
through stratified
random technique

What Is It

Three Phases in Data Collection

In doing research, data collection is a major component of research. Neglecting to

clarify the collection procedure would result in acquiring inaccurate data that will make you
research study invalid. Hence, the data collection procedure is given meticulous attention to
gather appropriate data. You are making sure that data you will gather answers to your
research questions.

The data gathering procedure is presented in a paragraph format in your research

paper. Basically, the contents are the steps you are going to follow: (1) before you will gather
the data, (2) what to do during the actual gathering of data, and (3) the things to consider
after data has been gathered. The following are the suggested steps but not limited to it, are
the procedures in gathering quantitative data.
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Before During After

•Prepare the research •Pilot test the research instrument if needed.

instruments
•Identify the authorities that
will be involved and need
•Clear the instructions •Summarize the data provided to
to ask permission
the gathered, in a tabular
•Determine the samples
respondents. form
size and corresponding
respondents; per group if •Administer the research •Analyze the summarize
applicable. instrument or implement data corresponding to
•Ask consent form (if the research the research questions. intervention,
if applicable.
respondents are 18
years old above) or •Collect or gather or take
parent's consent (if note of the responses.
minor).

What’s More

Activity 2. Arrange your Steps

Directions: Arrange the following steps in data gathering into their correct sequence, 1 as
being the first step, and 10 as the last step.

Order Steps
_______ The respondents will have a chance to have a look at the performance tasks.
Each of the participants will be interviewed for individual filling out of the personal
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background of media literacy information.
The researcher will meet the participants eight times in a four-month data gathering
_______
period.
The participants will answer the learning activity sheet (LAS) after practicing the
_______
new approach.
The data collection in each group will be supervised by two experienced
_______ Information Technology teachers to ensure proper implementation of the
intervention.
The participants will read example situations about media literacy that are not
_______
familiar to them.
The new approach in assessing the performance tasks of learners will be
_______
implemented.
_______ The list of performance tasks and assessment tools will be prepared.
The media literacy summative test will be administered after the implementation of
_______
the new approach in assessing performance tasks.
 _______ The test results will be encoded for summary and will be analyzed.

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What I Have Learned

Directions: As you have learned from this lesson, answer each question
comprehensively.

1. This time, I have learned that quantitative data……………….

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2. Techniques in quantitative data gathering help to………..

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3. In planning my data gathering procedure, I need to consider………..

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What I Can Do

Plan your Data Gathering Procedures

Directions: Perform the following task. From what you have learned in this lesson, list the steps
that you are going to follow in gathering the data of your research. For this part,
just enumerate it to clearly see the procedure before, during, and after your data
gathering.

Before:
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During:
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Additional Activity:

Direction: After you submit your data gathering procedures, once it is corrected in accordance
with the guidelines given, you may start incorporating it to your research manuscript
in paragraph format.

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