COLLECTION AND PRESENTATION OF DATA

Researcher/s must - Parameter and Statistic

 Parameter – refers to the
 Understand the goal of the
numerical characteristic of
study
the population
 Limit the relevant data  Statistic– refers to the
needed in the study numerical characteristic of a
sample
 METHODS OF COLLECTING DATA

There is no best method I. Direct or Interview Method

 Depends on the various  Most effect method

factors  Done by well-trained
interviewer/s
 Apply combination of
 Give complete information
methods of data gathering
 Influence the responses of
respondents
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II. Indirect III. Registration Method
/Questionnaire Method
 Respondents provide
 The easiest method
information in compliance
 Less expensive
with certain laws, policies,
 Less time – consuming rules, regulations, decrees or
 Give confidential responses standard practices
 No influence answers  Example: marriage contracts,
 Cannot be answered by illiterate birth certificate, motor
 High proportion no – response vehicles, etc
rate
 Tends to give wrong information
 Give incomplete information
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IV. Observation Method V. Telephone Interview

 To gather data regarding  Questions are brief and few.

 Attributes, behavior,  Example: To check on listener
values of respondents to certain radio program

VI. Experiments
 Used to control factors affecting the
variable being studied.
 Example: to determine the factors
affecting academic performance – IQ,
test result, entrance exam , strategies
or approaches in teaching, etc.
METHODS OF PRESENTING DATA
 METHODS OF PRESENTING DATA
I. TEXTULAR METHOD II. TABULAR METHOD

 Acquired information  More effective way of

through reading the gathered presenting relationship or
data comparison
 Pay attention in comparisons,  More precise, systematic, and
contrasts, syntheses, order
generalization or findings  Easy and comprehensive in
 Weak method of comparing figure
presentation
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III. SEMI-TABULAR II. GRAPHICAL
METHOD PRESENTATION

 Utilized both textular and  Most effective way of

tabular method presenting statistical result
 Tables followed by narrative  Provides relationship in
explanations pictorial form
 Give clear understanding  More attractive and
about facts meaningful
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