Data Collection

Primary data is...

• Data that you have collected yourself.

• Data collected by a professional researcher.

• Data collected for a purpose.

• Data sourced on the internet.

What is the first thing you should do before starting to collect data?

• Decide what the purpose of the data collection is.

• Write your questions.

• Collect personal information about respondents.

• Contact potential participants.

What can we use to gather primary data?

• Surveys

• Interviews

• Drawings

• Experiments

• All of the above

Which of the following an open ended question?

• Have you ever tried skating?

• Would you like to try skating?

• What would encourage and motivate you to try skating?

• Would you consider skating if there were free lessons?

Sources of Data Collection

• Interview and observation
• Questionnaires and survey
• Primary sources and secondary sources
• Books and journal

What is secondary sources?

• Interview session with the sample
• Data collect from an experiment
• Any data gained from a survey or questionnaires
• Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports

When creating questions you want to avoid:

• Biased questions
• Questions that assume what they ask 
• Double-barreled questions
• All of the above

At school we use textbooks to learn about the history? When we use textbooks, what are we using?

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

A photograph is an example of a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

Your parents describing how your great grandfather came to America.

• Primary Sources

• Secondary Sources