Data Gathering
Data Gathering
Example:
Gender Types of Electrical
Consumption
M- Male 1 - Residential
F- Female 2 - Commercial
3 - Industrial
4 - Government
2. ORDINAL LEVEL
Describes ranking or order. The difference or ratio
between two rankings may not always be the same.
Example:
Competition Placement Level of Satisfaction
1 – Champion 1 – Very Satisfied
2 – 1st Runner-up 2 – Satisfied
3 – 2nd Runner-up 3 – Unsatisfied
4 – 3rd Runner-up 4 – Very Unsatisfied
3. INTERVAL LEVEL
Indicates an actual amount (numerical).
The order and the difference between the variables can be
known. Its limitation is it has no “true zero”.
Example:
Temperature
10 °C
20 °C
40 °C
-15 °C
4. RATIO LEVEL
It has same properties as the interval level. The
order and difference can be described. Additionally, it
has a true zero and the ratio between two points has a
meaning.
Example:
Test Scores
0
20
30
40
Data NOMINAL ORDINAL INTERVAL RATIO
✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Named
✔ ✔ ✔
Meaningful Order x
✔ ✔
Measurable Difference x x
✔
Absolute Zero x x x
Methods of Data Gathering
1. Direct method is data collection through the use of
interviews. The enumerator talks to the subject personally.
He gets the data through a
series of questions asked from the subject of the interview.
2. Indirect Method is data collection through the use of
questionnaires. These questionnaires may be sent through
the postal or electronic mail.
3. Observation is done through observation with the use
of our senses. For example, the MMDA gives report every
week on the number of accidents happening at EDSA. To
do this, an MMDA personnel will just count the number of
accidents through their CCTV.
4. Experimentation is usually done through experiment in
laboratories and classrooms.
5. Registration is acquiring data from private and
government agencies such as from the National Statistics
Office, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of
Finance, etc.
METHODS OF DATA ORGANIZATION
Table 1 shows that 34% of the respondents or 17 000 of the 50 000 respondents voted
for GMA 7 as their favorite TV Network. ABS-CBN 2 and TV 5 got 30.4% and 29% of the votes,
respectively. Three thousand three hundred respondents or 6.6% of the votes goes to other
networks.
This implies that GMA 7 is still the number one TV Station in the Philippines.
GRAPHICAL METHOD (CHART)
Materials and
Supplies
Advertising
Salaries
Rent
BAR GRAPH
It is a graph which uses horizontal or vertical bars to represent
data.
When a bar graph has bars which extend from left to right, it is
called a horizontal bar graph.