Collecting Data: The Use of Sampling Techniques

What is the systematic process in collecting information for research?

• Data Analysis

• Data Dissemination

• Data Gathering

• Presentation of Data

What is the process of selecting samples from a population?

• Collecting

• Grouping

• Sampling

• Sorting

Which of the following pertains to the entire group being considered in a study?

• Data

• Population

• Sample

• Variable

What is the part of a population being considered in a study?

• Data

• Population

• Sample

• Variable

What do you call those data that is readily available for researcher and may come from books, articles, newspaper, magazine, etc.?

• Initial source

• Primary source

• Secondary source

• Tertiary source

This is a laboratory method in which one or more variables are subjected to some control to find cause and effect relations among variables.

• Survey Method

• Interview Method

• Observation Method

• Experimental Method

A method of collecting data in which researchers use all human senses in examining respondents’ action and reaction as they interact in their natural or man-made setting.

• Survey Method

• Interview Method

• Observation Method

• Experimental Method

A method of gathering data by asking respondents well-prepared questions either face-to-face inquiry, telephone interchange, video chatting, or teleconferencing via Internet-assisted social media platform.

• Survey Method

• Interview Method

• Observation Method

• Experimental Method

This is characterized by collecting data from a group of respondents by asking set of questions.

• Survey Method

• Interview Method

• Observation Method

• Experimental Method

This method is used when a researcher sends written question to his respondents through a courier, e-mail or personal delivery.

• Survey Method

• Interview Method

• Observation Method

• Experimental Method