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Data Gathering

The document discusses various methods of data gathering, including direct and indirect methods, and their respective pros and cons. It emphasizes the importance of choosing appropriate statistical instruments and methods for collecting data. Additionally, it outlines different techniques such as face-to-face interviews, standardized questionnaires, and observational methods, highlighting their reliability and potential biases.

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Data Gathering

The document discusses various methods of data gathering, including direct and indirect methods, and their respective pros and cons. It emphasizes the importance of choosing appropriate statistical instruments and methods for collecting data. Additionally, it outlines different techniques such as face-to-face interviews, standardized questionnaires, and observational methods, highlighting their reliability and potential biases.

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MATHEMATICS

07
Topic:
Data Gathering
Learning Objective:
❑ formulate simple statistical instruments
❑ gather statistical data

Essential Question
• Is appropriateness of statistical instrument
important? How do you say so?
• Is appropriateness of method in gathering data
important? How do you say so?
Direct Method – includes
observation and interview where
you get the information firsthand.

Indirect Method – includes


ways in which you can obtain
the needed data without your
actual presence.

METHODS OF DATA GATHERING


• A face to face PROS
conversation with • Direct recording
the respondents of responses
• Verbally • Faster and more
administered efficient
questions • Can clarify
unclear
statements
immediately

CONS
• Time consuming
• Costly
• Limited to few
people only

Methods in Gathering Data


• Standardized prepared questions printed and administered to people of
interests; can be multiple choice, by scale or open-ended; commonly
used for survey studies
PROS
• Can be administered to larger
group of people
• Lower cost since data is gathered
simultaneously from several
people
• Data collected are actionable &
easier to analyze
CONS
• Data may be unreliable due to
dishonesty of respondents
• Questions might be left
unanswered due to lack of
interest
• Poses a problem of retrieval

Methods in Gathering Data


• Method using human senses
• Examines the phenomenon while
it occurs
• Can be through Counting and
Measuring

PROS
• Direct data gathering

CONS
• Lack of control of the observer
to extraneous data which are
not included in the study

Methods in Gathering Data


• Method that allows the researchers to look at cause-and-effect
relationships

PROS
• Researcher can have control
over variables

CONS
• Can produce artificial results
• Results may only apply to one
situation only and may be
difficult to replicate

Methods in Gathering Data


Census/ Registration Method Survey

• Data about all individual units • Data are only


are collected in the population collected for a
sub-part of the
population
PROS
• Most reliable since it governed PROS
by law • Easy to do;
quick to create
CONS • Wide range
• Limited to what are listed in
the document CONS
• Response bias

Methods in Gathering Data

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