Describe the data collection activity in few words and why this specific form of

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Describe the data collection activity in few words and why this specific form of data collection was chosen. Be sure to explain why you think this kind of data will help you in your design process. Also, be sure to provide details about the activity: how much sample you have considered, method of sampling, how long they took, location of data collection, how many questions were asked in the survey, how many respondents, what tools you have applied for analysis etc.

Explain how you employed your data collection activity, for example: how you chose to interview, how and why you selected survey respondents, what books or journals you decided to review etc.

Explanation / Answer

The information collected from the any source is called data. The data collection is more important in the researches. It helps in predicting the future forecasting.

The data has two types they are primary data and secondary data. The first hand information i called primary data and collected data which is used by the others is also using for present research is called secondary data.

The data collection form is chosen prior before starting the research. Since the data collection form is manipulates the final results.

There is so many design processes and each design process has separate kind of data. Suppose I want to test how race effects the education. In this situation, the both defined variables are categorical and there is a separate kind of data.

The sample is depending upon the population size and area.

Use different sampling techniques for collecting samples from the population.

If the population is simple and homogeneous use simple random sampling.

The population is heterogeneous and large use the stratified random sampling etc.

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