1.
Sources of Data
1.1.
Data
collection from primary data or sources (data generated or directly collected
by researchers from respondents/ sources are called primary sources)
1.2.
Collection
of secondary data or sources (secondary data are data collected by
others/collector is called secondary source)
2.
Data Collection Strategy
2.1.
Census:
complete enumeration
2.2.
Survey:
uses a sample from which inferences on the population are made (sampling
techniques: probability and non-probability sampling); according to Bailey
1994, surveys ask questions of on a (supposedly) representative cross-section
of a population at a single point in time
2.3.
Key
Informant: uses experts or respondents believed to be very knowledgeable on a
population, situation, or event
3.
Select Data Collection Techniques, Instrument, and Types
|
Technique |
Instrument |
Types |
|
Questionnaire
Administration (respondents
fill up the instrument) |
Questionnaire · Closed-ended · Open-ended |
Directly
administered, mailed, sent |
|
Interview (Researchers fill up the instruments) |
Interview
Schedule |
·
Structured ·
Semi-structured ·
Unstructured |
|
Focused Group
Discussion |
FGD Guide or
Plan |
|
|
Observation |
Observation
Plan |
Direct,
Indirect, and Participant |
|
Collection of
agency data and review of agency documents |
Checklist |
Counts,
Statistics, and Qualitative Data |
Prof. Art Boquiren February
2004