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Data Collection

Methods
Data collection

Sources of data
Data collection tools
Data collection techniques
Sources of data
 According to source originate the
data may
– Secondary data source
– Primary data source
Secondary Data
 Secondary data – data someone
else has collected
Or ready available not by researcher
or investigator
Secondary Data –
Examples of Sources
 County health departments
 Vital Statistics – birth, death certificates
 Hospital, clinic, school nurse records
 Private and foundation databases
 City and county governments
 Surveillance data from state government
programs
 Federal agency statistics - Census, NIH,
etc.
Secondary Data –
Advantages
 It will save you time.
– Primary data collection is very time
consuming.
Secondary Data –
Advantages
 It may be very accurate.
– When especially a government
agency has collected the data,
incredible amounts of time and
money went into it. It’s probably
highly accurate.
Secondary Data –
Advantages
 It has great exploratory value
– Exploring research questions and
formulating hypothesis to test.
Primary Data
 Primary data – data you collect by
self
Primary Data -
Examples
 Surveys
 Focus groups
 Questionnaires
 Personal interviews
 Experiments and observational
study
Primary Data -
Limitations
 Do you have the time and money
for:
– Designing your collection
instrument?
– Selecting your population or
sample?
– Pretesting/piloting the instrument to
work out sources of bias?
Primary Data -
Limitations
 Uniqueness
– May not be able to compare to other
populations
Primary Data -
Limitations
 Researcher error
– Sample bias
– Other confounding factors
Data collection tools
Includes
Survey
Observation
Experiment
Census
Records or registers
Data collection
techniques
 Comprises
Questionnaire open or closed
Interview structured or un
structured

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