Data Collecting as an Important Stage of the Research Design
Posted On Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at at 4:45 AM by web researchAuthor: Andrew
A very important stage of the research design is collecting information. There are countless decisions which the researcher must make in terms of how information can be collected for a survey. The choice greatly depends on the question being asked by the researcher and the object which is being researched. The choice of a type of approach often depends on the chosen type of information to collect: qualitative or quantitative. There are a number of distinctions between these approaches. Quantitative data is concentrated on quantity, while qualitative data is focused on the quality of a logical structure. Other researchers suggest the research to be directly connected with the hypotheses we have about ontology, human nature and epistemology. However, data collection can be of two kinds.
The first kind of data collection is Primary Data. It is the original information gathered by a researcher himself. This information is direct, authoritative and not exerted by the influence of anyone’s point of view. The second kind is called Secondary Data. Despite that a research will probably be grounded on the original information collected by the researcher (primary data), the researcher must become acquainted with secondary sources.
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