Sources of Data

Sources of Data Collection

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

What is primary sources?

• Data gather from previous research
• Your own data collection from own investigation
• The first data acquired 
• Your own created data

Look for recent reports, check on the author’s qualification and the reputation of the publisher - characteristic of?

• Secondary sources
• Primary sources

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

Example of secondary data is

• Newspaper

• Field enquiry

What is a form containing a set of questions related with the field of enquiry called

• Questionnaire

• Interview

You are part of a group that must write a report on mammals. Who is the best person to ask to help you find information?

• Another member of your group

• Your science teacher

• Your school librarian

• Lion keeper at the zoo

You need to find facts about a country for a report. What are the best tools to use?

• Dictionary, fiction book, Google Maps

• Website, Google Maps, biography

• Nonfiction book, website, Google Maps

• Biography, nonfiction book, fiction book

Your city is going to build a new high school. You want to know if the school will have a swimming pool. Which one of these sources would be the best source of information?

• The local newspaper

• A city map

• The school bulletin board

• An architecture magazine