TOPIC:
Which data gathering method is your preferred method and why? (Anderson, 2017).
Which do you think is the most difficult to conduct and why?
Provide feedback to your peer. Challenge them – support them and guide them through the challenges. For example, if I think that surveying is not a good method for my interest, my peer may challenge me and show me how I could use this method).
Examine the question through the eyes of “Remote Data Collection during COVID” article below. This is the “new”.
- “Remote Data Collection During COVID-19”
- The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns have forced us to shift from traditional approaches of in-person data collection for research and evaluation to remote, or mostly remote, practices. For example, in many cases it is no longer allowable or ethical for data collectors to conduct fieldwork because of the risks associated with face-to-face interviews and observations. Although this has implications for evaluation design, the quality of the data collection, as well as our ability to work closely with our evaluation partners, we are committed to maintaining both the quality and integrity of the research.
- https://www.jsi.com/remote-data-collection-during-covid-19/
- Professor’s Guidance:
Researchers are always looking for answers to society’s questions. In the conduct of research, the collection of data is critical and necessary to properly analyze a phenomena.
In today’s tech savvy environment, there are many options for collecting data. Surveys are one of the most popular instruments utilized to facilitate the collection of data from participants (Goddard & Villanova, 2006).
Surveys can be administered in a number of ways: in person, via email, phone call, or mail. How much time, money, and resources you have will determine the medium you use to conduct your data collection. Surveys are efficient because surveys can use a random sampling technique to recruit participants, relatively small sample sizes can be used to generate findings which can be used to draw conclusions about the whole population (Pribyl, 1994). They are thus a very cost-effective way of finding out what people do, think and want. One of the downsides of using surveys is that, although they can tell us how many people behave in a certain way, they may be limited in the information they can provide as to why this is so. In research that may require a more in-depth understanding of a sample, a qualitative research approach, such as focus groups, is usually much better at answering ‘why’ questions. Consequently, it is fundamentally important that surveys and questionnaires are appropriate for the task at hand. Just asking questions that have not gone through rigorous design and development may be misleading and unfair.
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