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    Chapter 3

    Data source and collection

    By: Dr. Yonas H. (Assistant Professor)

    Oct 01/2021
    1
    Chapter contents
     Difference between Qualitative and
    Quantitative research methods
     Types of data sources
     Data collection techniques
     Designing a questionnaire
     Conducting interview & Observation
     Conducting Focus group discussion

    2
    Qualitative Research methods Quantitative Research methods

    Methods include focus groups, in-depth Surveys, structured interviews &


    interviews, and reviews of documents for observations, and reviews of records or
    types of themes documents for numeric information
    Primarily inductive process used to Primarily deductive process used to test pre-
    formulate theory or hypotheses specified concepts, constructs, and
    hypotheses that make up a theory
    Text-based Number-based

    More in-depth information on a few cases Less in-depth but more breadth of
    information across a large number of cases
    No statistical tests Statistical tests are used for analysis

    Can be valid and reliable: largely depends Can be valid and reliable: largely depends
    on skill and rigor of the researcher on the measurement device or instrument
    used
    Less generalizable More generalizable

    Unstructured or semi-structured response Fixed response options


    options 3
    SOURCES OF DATA

    Primary Source Secondary Source


    •Data is collected by •Data collected,
    researcher himself compiled or
    written by other
    •Data is gathered Researchers.
    through questionnaire, Any reference must
    interviews, be acknowledged
    Observations, experiment etc. Eg. Text books, articles
    4
    Use of questionnaires

    Definition of Questionnaires

    Techniques of data collection in which each


    person is asked to respond to the same set of
    questions in a predetermined order

    5
    Use of questionnaires

    When to use questionnaires

    • For explanatory or descriptive research

    • Linked with other methods in a MIXED-methods


    research design

    • To collect responses from a large sample prior to


    quantitative analysis

    6
    Survey technique
    Useful to collect
    The most common
    quantitative
    data collection instrument
    information

    Survey
    Questionnaire

    Should contain 3 elements:


    1. Introduction – to explain the objectives
    2. Instructions – must be clear, simple language & short
    3. User-friendly – avoid difficult or ambiguous questions 7
    End of Chapter 3

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