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Concept Note #4 - Understanding Ways To Collect Data

There are two types of data collection methods for research: primary and secondary. Primary data collection involves directly gathering information from research participants through experiments, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. Secondary data collection refers to using existing data collected by other investigators from published sources like books, records, newspapers, census data, archives, articles, and journals. Understanding these different methods is important for effectively collecting the necessary data to conduct research.

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Concept Note #4 - Understanding Ways To Collect Data

There are two types of data collection methods for research: primary and secondary. Primary data collection involves directly gathering information from research participants through experiments, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. Secondary data collection refers to using existing data collected by other investigators from published sources like books, records, newspapers, census data, archives, articles, and journals. Understanding these different methods is important for effectively collecting the necessary data to conduct research.

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ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Jose Rizal High School


Gov. W. Pascual Ave., Malabon City
Tel # 921 27 44
S.Y. 2022- 2023
Name:_________________________________________
Section:________________________________________
Teacher: MR. EDGAR D. TORRES
RESEARCH PROJECT

CONCEPT NOTE #4- UNDERSTANDING WAYS TO COLLECT DATA

Data collection is the process of gathering information on variables of interest from a sample of
research participants. There are two types of data collection:

1. Primary data collection refers to data that is collected from research participants directly
by the investigators of a study and the data is used for that study.
Below are some of the sources of primary data:
● Experiments require an artificial or natural setting in which to perform logical study to
collect data. Experiments are more suitable for medicine, psychological studies, nutrition,
and for other scientific studies. In experiments, the experimenter must keep control over
the influence of any extraneous variable on the results
● Survey is the most commonly used method in social sciences, management, marketing,
and psychology to some extent. Surveys can be conducted in different methods.
● Questionnaire is the most commonly used method in surveys. Questionnaires are a list of
questions either open-ended or close-ended for which the respondents give answers.
Questionnaire can be conducted via telephone, mail, live in a public area, or in an
institute, through electronic mail or through online platforms and other methods.
● Interview is a face-to-face conversation with the respondent. In an interview the main
problem arises when the respondent deliberately hides information otherwise it is an in-
depth source of information. The interviewer can not only record the statements the
interviewee speaks.

2. Secondary data collection refers to data that is collected by investigators from research
papers that are already published online. Secondary data is used by these
investigators in a secondary research study (e.g., review of primary research).

● Books
● Records
● Biographies
● Newspapers
● Published censuses or other statistical data
● Data archives
● Internet articles
● Research articles by other researchers (journals)

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