Data Collection Guidelines
This is the first step in a data collection strategy and determines the purpose of the data.
What is setting goals?
This tool typically uses one question to quickly gather opinions.
What is a poll?
A question that pushes respondents toward a specific answer is called this.
What is a leading question?
This is a structured collection of data used to organize and retrieve information.
What is a database?
Numerical data that can be measured and analyzed statistically.
What is quantitative data?
This step involves reviewing policies, procedures, and cultural factors to avoid missing key data.
What is identifying opportunities for collecting data?
This method uses questionnaires and can collect both qualitative and quantitative data.
What is a survey?
Asking two things in one question is known as this type of bias.
What is a double-barreled question?
This software allows users to create, manage, and manipulate databases.
What is a database management system (DBMS)?
Data collected directly by a researcher for a specific purpose.
What is primary data?
This concept refers to forming a testable assumption using limited evidence.
What is a hypothesis?
This method involves directly watching behaviors, often without participant reporting.
What is observation?
Using unclear or specialized language that respondents may not understand is called this.
What is jargon?
In a database table, this represents a single row of information.
What is a record?
Data obtained from existing sources like records or databases.
What is secondary data?
This type of data describes experiences and is often gathered through interviews or observations.
What is qualitative data?
This qualitative method involves a small group discussion led by a moderator.
What is a focus group?
This type of flawed question assumes something about the respondent (e.g., “When will you quit smoking?”).
What is a loaded question?
This type of database model uses tables connected by key fields and is most commonly used today.
What is a relational database?
This process finds patterns and correlations in large datasets to predict outcomes.
What is data mining?
This key principle ensures data reflects all populations, improving equity in healthcare outcomes.
What is capturing diversity (or inclusive data collection)?
This method involves systematic testing with control and experimental groups and requires IRB approval.
What is experimentation (or clinical trials)?
This error in survey design can skew results by offering mostly positive answer choices.
What is an unbalanced answer scale?
This programming language is used to query and manipulate relational databases.
What is SQL (structured query language)?
This technique extracts data from websites or programs, sometimes raising ethical concerns.
What is data scraping?