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Data collection is the process of gathering and analyzing data from various sources to address research problems and evaluate outcomes. It involves identifying data types, sources, and methods, with a focus on qualitative and quantitative data. The importance of data collection spans across academia and commercial sectors, necessitating various methods to inform decision-making.

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Data collection is the process of gathering and analyzing data from various sources to address research problems and evaluate outcomes. It involves identifying data types, sources, and methods, with a focus on qualitative and quantitative data. The importance of data collection spans across academia and commercial sectors, necessitating various methods to inform decision-making.

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Computer project:

Data Collection and data capture

The process of gathering and analysing accurate data from


various sources to find answers to research problems, trends
and probabilities, etc., to evaluate possible outcomes is
known as data collection. Knowledge is power, information is
knowledge, and data is information in digitized form, at least
as defined in IT. Hence, data is power. But before you can
leverage that data into a successful strategy for your
organization or business, you need to gather it. That’s your
first step.

During data collection, researchers must identify the data


types, the sources of data, and the methods being used. We
will soon see that there are many different data collection
methods. Data collection is heavily reliance on in research,
commercial, and government fields.

Before an analyst begins collecting data, they must answer


three questions first:

 What’s the goal or purpose of this research?

 What kinds of data are they planning on gathering?

 What methods and procedures will be used to collect,


store, and process the information?

Additionally, we can divide data into qualitative and


quantitative types. Qualitative data covers descriptions such
as colour, size, quality, and appearance. Unsurprisingly,
quantitative data deals with numbers, such as statistics, poll
numbers, percentages, etc.
Before a judge makes a ruling in a court case or a general
creates a plan of attack, they must have as many relevant
facts as possible. The best courses of action come from
informed decisions, and information and data are
synonymous.

The concept of data collection isn’t new, as we’ll see later,


but the world has changed. There is far more data available
today, and it exists in forms that were unheard of a century
ago. The data collection process has had to change and grow,
keeping pace with technology.

Whether you’re in academia, trying to conduct research, or


part of the commercial sector, thinking of how to promote a
new product, you need data collection to help you make
better choices.

Now that you know what data collection is and why we need
it, let's look at the different methods of data collection. Data
collection could mean a telephone survey, a mail-in comment
card, or even some guy with a clipboard asking passersby
some questions. But let’s see if we can sort the different
data collection methods into a semblance of organized
categories.

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