Introduction to Data Collection

 

Data can be collected in a variety of ways: you can collect qualitative and quantitative data with many different methods for each. Questionnaires and interviews are very popular data collection methods described in a bit more depth but also simulations and classical experiments are important methods to consider.

When deciding on a data collection method you should take into account:

• the type of data you want to collect,
• the sampling approach
• how you collect the data, and
• ethical considerations on how to work with the data.

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