3. DATA
Data is a combination of information, fact
and knowledge. Sequence from data to
knowledge is: from data to information ,from
information to facts and finally from to
knowledge.
6. Secondary data is defined as data collected earlier for a
purpose other than the one currently being pursued.
It is actually the result and data collected by previous
research.
This type of data is also called ‘ex post facto’
13. Regular and occasional surveys
Price index
Family income and spending
Labour market
Import and export
Organizational surveys
International indexes
Attitude surveys
Occupational surveys
14. EVALUATIONOF SECONDARYDATA
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
It can be gathered much more
quickly
It is less or no costly to
collect.
Generating new insights.
May not be appropriate in
solving the particular problem.
Lack of standard classificaton.
Lack of accuracy.
15. TYPES OF SECONDARY DATA
Documents And Records
1 . Written Documents
Organizational record
Notice Publications
Websites And Internet
2 Non written Records
CD - Roms
Films
Taped Interviews
Surveys
1Censuses
Population
Industrial
Employment
2Regular And Occasional Surveys
Price Index
Family income and spending
Labour Market
Import and Export
16. QUESTIONNAIRE
A questionnaire is a formal list of question
design
to gather responses from respondents on a given
topic
It is well established,
practicable and reliable method of data
collection
17. TYPES OF QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Structured questionnaire(written questions)
2. Open ended questionnaire(questions
without answer option)
3. Closed ended questionnaire(questions with
answer option)
4. Mixed questionnaire(paper questionnaire)
5. Online questionnaire(electronic
questionaire)
18. INTERVIEW
Interview is a process allowing you to ask the question which
enable you to answer research question.
According to Kerlinger,” The interview is a face to face interpersonal
role situation in which one person, the interviewer, asks a person
being interviewed, the respondent, question designed to obtained
answers pertinent to the purpose of the research problem
19. FUNCTION OF RESEARCH INTERVIEW
• It can serve as an explanatory device when a
study is first being designed.
• Research interview are used as a data
collection instrument of variables.
• Supplement to the previous research.
26. CLASSIFICATION
Classification refers to dividing of the data in
to different categories, classes, groups.
Through classification , the complex and
scattered data are organized into concise
and logical forms.
27. TABULATION
Tabulation tries to display the data in
easier term (table) which is great
helpful in data analysis.
For example:-why were worker unable
to go work?
(1)I was sick. 5
(2) Someone in my family was sick. 3
(3)I did not feel like going to work. 2
(4) Other reasons 5
Total responses 15