Eapp Q4 Week5
Eapp Q4 Week5
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English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes
Quarter 4–Module 6:
Conducting Surveys,
Experiments, or Observations
Development Team of the Module
Writer: Robin L. Maniago
Editor: Maria Elizabeth M. Morales
Reviewer: Alvin R. Lim
Week 5
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Conducting Surveys, Experiments, or Observations.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Conducting Surveys, Experiments, or Observations.
They say that you are bound to fail if you fail to plan. Indeed, planning is one of the integral
parts in conducting research and writing a report. In conducting surveys and observations, you
should plan on what to do and what not to do during these stages. Learning how to prepare
your materials, your respondents, and most specially, yourself, is key in producing a well-
crafted report that can be used in real life.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to learn the steps in
conducting surveys and interviews.
Please help the learners in sharing their ideas and knowledge from their
experiences so that there will be collaboration and learning will be easy.
Answers are written at the back of this module. Inculcate to the learners the
value of honesty while answering this module.
We all have processes in life that must be followed. To ensure effectivity and
efficiency, we adhere to these processes and do not take shortcuts.
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In order to write an effective report, the content of the report must be valid and
accurate.
And for this to be accomplished, researchers must always consider the basic
Do’s and Don’ts in conducting surveys and observations.
What I Know
Draw ☺ if the researcher followed basic etiquette in conducting surveys and , if not.
Do this in your notebook.
1. The researcher explained the research to Maria, one of the respondents.
2. The researcher shows dismay when the respondents always ask questions.
3. The researcher made the sentences simple for better understanding.
4. The researcher exerted too much effort in producing very long questions.
5. The researcher adjusted his time because of the delay expereinced.
Lesson
Conducting Surveys, Experiments, or
6 Observations
In conducting surveys and observations, you should plan what to do and what not to
do during these stages. Learning how to prepare your materials, your respondents, and most
specially, yourself, is key in producing a well-crafted report that can be used in real life.
What’s In
Keep it simple. Have unclear goals. Insert open ended A design for each Use too many acronyms and
questions. survey. technical terms.
Revise tests Use your target Underestimate Overlook possible Insert screening questions
superficially. language. screening questions. answers. when needed.
Do’s Don’ts
1. 6.
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2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.
What’s New
sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/steps-of-the-scientific-method
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What is It
Discussion of Activity 1
Review your budget and possible distribution channels. Is this a survey that can
distributed for free, created on a platform like Google Forms and sent through social
media? Is this something you would print and give it in person? The bigger the scope
and the more the questions, the more likely you’ll need to move to a paid service.
Most simple surveys can be done for free and distributed on social media and in
emails.
3. Develop Questions
Write questions that will give you the most useful responses. Be careful not to ask
leading questions.
4. Distribute Survey
Distribute the survey to the people you determined through the channels you
identified. Be sure to let respondents know in advance three things:
1. The purpose of the survey and the benefits of it.
2. The time needed for answering.
3. The deadline for answering.
Keep survey relatively short (the less time it takes, the higher the response rate you
will usually get.) Send reminders if necessary.
5. Analyze Data
Gather all survey responses and determine how many of people answered. Make
connections between responses, look for patterns, trends, and other insightful
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information. If your survey sample was large enough and the responses merit
quantifying the results, do a statistical analysis.
6. Conduct Further Research
Surveys are great additions to a body of research but they rarely should be used on
their own as decision-making research. Surveys help researchers to ask even more
relevant questions, constructing ideas for more detailed questionnaires, observation
methods, usability tests, interviews, polls, and other metrics.
Visit the space you are hoping to get information from. Be as discreet as
possible, take notes, photographs, audio, and film, only where it is allowed, you have
permission, and it makes sense for the research without disrupting the environment.
If you are doing formal observations, will you need to code certain behaviors,
actions, words, visuals, and other observed data.
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5. Analyze Behaviors and Inferences
Learn the difference between what you observed and why what you observed
happened. Interviewing people during or after observing can make some sense of
your observed data. Make connections between interactions, responses, behaviors,
and other phenomena.
What’s More
Independent Activity 1
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8. The researcher just handed out questionnaires to students without
explaining.
9. The researcher posted the names of those who gave silly answers.
10.The researcher made the sentences simple for better understanding.
Independent Assessment 1
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What I Have Learned
I learned that…
What new or
additional ideas
did you learn
after taking up
this lesson?
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What I Can Do
Check the box if the statement corresponds to the ways of conducting a survey or
observations.
Assessment
Choose the best answer by writing the letter on the blank before each number.
1. This can be used as a platform in distributing your survey.
A. Google Earth
B. Google Form
C. Google Plus
D. Google Translate
2. Which of these can be disregarded when explaining your survey to your
respondent?
A. The deadline for answering.
B. The kind of ball pen to use when answering.
C. The purpose of the survey and the benefits of it.
D. The time needed for answering.
3. This is a statement that will likely draw more specific generalizable data.
A. Behaviors
B. Conclusion
C. Connections
D. Hypothesis
4. What recording tools you can use in observing?
A. Audio Recordings
B. Paper and Pencil
C. Photographs
D. All of the Above
5. What should you do if your participant saw that you're recording a video and told
you to stop?
A. Insist that it is essential for the research.
B. Pack your things and just leave.
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C. Stop and apologize for not explaining the video recording.
D. Tell her that it is already recording and you can't do anything.
Additional Activities
Observe your family every meal time. Record the things that they usually do when you
are together.
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observations-for-research/.
https://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2018/01/30/how-to-conduct-
Visual Communication Guy, January 31, 2018.
Newbold, Curtis. “HOW TO CONDUCT OBSERVATIONS FOR RESEARCH.” The
References
What I Know What's More What I Can Do
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2. :( 1. :) 1. (blank)
3. :) 2. :)
2. (check)
4. :( 3. :(
5. :) 4. :( 3. (blank)
5. :)
6. :( 4. (check)
What's In 7. :(
(in any order) 5. (blank)
8. :(
1. Keep it simple 9. :(
2. Use your target language. 10. :)
3. Insert open ended Assessment
questions. Independent Assessment 1
4. A design for each survey. Answers may vary 1. B
5. Insert screening
2. B
questions when needed.
(in any order) 3. D
6. Revise tests superficially.
7. Underestimate screening 4. D
questions.
8. Overlook possible 5. C
answers.
9. Use too many acronyms
and technical terms.
10. Have unclear goals.
Answer Key
English for Academic
and Professional
Purposes
Quarter 4–Module 7:
Week 5
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:
Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Gathering Information in Surveys, Experiments, or Observations.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards
set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.
Welcome to the English for Academic Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)
Module on Gathering Information in Surveys, Experiments, or Observations.
Qualitative and quantitative data can be derived from surveys. Qualitative data are derived
from categorizing or describing attributes of a population such as hair color, blood type, or
ethnic group. Words or letters are usually used to describe qualitative data. This type of data
does not impart itself to mathematical analysis, but bar graphs and pie charts can be utilized
in presenting/interpreting this type of data.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.
This module will assist you in encouraging the learners to learn the proper way
of gathering data using quantitative or qualitative tools.
Please help the learners in sharing their ideas and knowledge from their
experiences so that there will be collaboration and learning will be easy.
Answers are written at the back of this module. Inculcate to the learners the
value of honesty while answering this module.
Resources that are not fully utilized can be a hindrance in getting the most
accurate results for your research. Qualitative data are derived from categorizing or
describing attributes of a population such as hair color, blood type, or ethnic group.
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On the other hand, Quantitative data are derived from measuring attributes of a
population, such as money, pulse rate, weight, or populations.
What I Know
Write your ideas about how you should gather information or data before
conducting surveys or observations in a sentence. Use the acronym below. Write
your answers on a sheet of paper.
D-
A-
T-
A-
Lesson
Gathering Information from Surveys,
7 Experiments or Observations
A survey is a data gathering method that is utilized to collect, analyze and interpret
the views of a group of people from a target population.
What’s In
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What’s New
Think of 10 classmates who are close to you. Then, list down all the apparent
physical, emotional, and social qualities of these classmates. From the list, identify
similarities and differences and use a Venn Diagram for this activity. Do this in your
notebook.
When done with the task, answer the following questions.
1. What technique did you use in getting all the information needed for the
activity?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. Do you think your answers will be different from those of your classmates?
Why or why not?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
What is It
Discussion of Activity 1
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Analyzing Quantitative Data
Data Preparation
Data preparation is the first stage of analyzing data. There are for steps to convert
raw data into meaningful and readable.
1st Step - Data Validation
To validate your data, you can do the following steps:
1. Fraud, to infer whether each respondent was actually interviewed or not.
2. Screening, to make sure that respondents were chosen as per the research
criteria.
3. Procedure, to check whether the data collection procedure was duly followed.
4. Completeness, to ensure that the interviewer asked the respondent all the
questions, rather than just a few required ones.
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Quantitative Data Analysis Methods
After these steps, the data is ready for analysis. The two most commonly used
quantitative data analysis methods are descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
Descriptive Analysis
The first level of analysis, this helps researchers find absolute numbers to
summarize individual variables and find patterns.
Inferential Analysis
These complex analyses show the relationships between multiple variables to
generalize results and make predictions.
Independent Activity 1
Independent Assessment 1
Look at the survey forms below and arrange the data in tabular form.
I learned that…
What new or
additional ideas
did you learn
after taking up
this lesson?
I. Identify the three steps in Data Validation. Write your answers in your notebook.
Assessment
Choose the best answer by writing the letter before each number. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1.What do call the step in data validation where in the researcher makes sure that
respondents were chosen as per the research criteria?
A. Completeness
B. Fraud
C. Procedure
D. Screening
3. Bracketing ages, like 16-18, 19-20, then giving them codes like O for 16-18, and 1
for 19-20 is under what step?
A. Data Coding
B. Data Editing
C. Data Hampering
D. Data Validating
4. This is the first level of analysis that helps the researchers find absolute numbers
to summarize individual variables and find patterns.
A. Content Analysis
B. Descriptive Analysis
C. Inferential Analysis
D. Narrative Analysis
5. This refers to the use of qualitative data to explain why a certain phenomenon
happened.
A. Content Analysis
B. Descriptive Analysis
C. Discourse Analysis
D. Grounded Theory
Additional Activities
Write words related to quantitative and qualitative data gathering. Use the word maps
below.
Quantitative Qualitative
Answer Key
5. D
10. qualitative
4. B 9. qualitative
8. qualitative
3. A
7. quantitative
2. A 6. quantitative
5. quantitative
1. D 4. qualitative
3. qualitative
Assessment 2. quantitative
1. qualitative
Independent Activity 1
(answers may vary) What's More
References
Kenneth, Luke de Castro, Tricia Sese, Daniel, Christine Garcia, Lwabaga Arafat,
Henry Ndlovu, et al. “Your Guide to Qualitative and Quantitative Data Analysis
Methods - Atlan: Humans of Data.” Atlan, July 12, 2019.
https://humansofdata.atlan.com/2018/09/qualitative-quantitative-data-analysis-
methods/.