EDUC 602 - EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS
RAFLEZA M. ABELITO
PUP Student
COVID-19, is highly infectious disease, is putting researchers a stop to carry out face-toface survey of their target population for health and safety reasons. To pursue and be able
complete the research work safely and on time, researchers are instructed to take advantage of
the various digital platforms and instruments to collect the pertinent data.
Devise a doable safe DATA COLLECTION PLAN for an approved research work with a
target population of one hundred (100) teacher-respondents situated at different locales.
DATA COLLECTION PLAN
Objective:
Clearly articulate the objective of data
The objective of this data collection
collection including the specific information plan is to perform consistent data collection,
you need to gather.
identify
teacher-respondents,
determine
appropriate key indicators, distinguish data
collected and analyze data presented.
Data Collection Method:
Choose the most appropriate method(s)
based on your research objectives and
available resources. Common methods
include surveys, interviews, observations,
experiments, existing data analysis, and focus
groups.
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Create a questionnaire or survey
relevant to the study.
Begin with an introduction that
explains the purpose of the survey.
Assures
respondents
of
their
anonymity and confidentiality, and
provides any necessary instructions or
guidelines.
Structure your questions. Design clear
and unbiased questions that address
your research objectives.
End the survey with a closing
statement that expresses gratitude to
the respondents for their participation
and reiterates the confidentiality of
their responses.
Sampling:
Select a subset of individuals or units
from a larger population for the purpose of
gathering data and making inferences about
the population as a whole.
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Use stratified sampling technique to
collect representation from 100
teacher-respondents
situated
at
different locales.
Select the sample from each stratum
and apply simple random sampling or
systematic sampling.
Analyze and interpret the results.
Data Collection Tools:
Identify the equipment or tools you will
The instrument to be used will be a
be use to get the data.
survey, an online survey platform like a
Google Forms.
Data Variables:
Define your data variables to provide a
Obtain data from 100 teacherstructured way of organizing and describing respondents
about
their
views
and
your data.
experiences with regard to the effects of online
learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Data Validation:
Checking and verifying data for
completeness, correctness and adherence to
predefined criteria or rules.
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Train the data collectors on the data
collection procedures. Ensure they
understand the data requirements, the
instrument they will be using, and any
specific protocols or guidelines to
follow.
Conduct a pilot testing. Before
collecting data on a larger scale,
conduct pilot testing to evaluate the
effectiveness and validity of your data
collection procedures.
Perform
statistical
checks
and
analyses.
Document the data collection process.
Data Store and Security:
Explain out how you store and secure
the data you collect.
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Choose
appropriate
storage
technology. Select the most suitable
storage technology based on your
requirements. This can include onpremises storage systems, cloud
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storage services, or a combination of
both.
Maintain strong network security.
Implement robust network security
measures, such as firewalls, intrusion
detection/prevention systems, and
secure network configurations.
Assure survey participants that their
information will be anonymized, stored
safely, and used only for research.
Data Analysis:
Describe how you plan to analyze the
information gathered.
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Clean and prepare the data.
Choose
appropriate
analysis
techniques.
Common
analysis
techniques
include
descriptive
statistics, inferential statistics, data
mining, machine learning, regression
analysis, clustering, or qualitative
analysis methods.
Apply descriptive statistics. This
includes measures such as mean,
median, mode, standard deviation,
frequency distributions, or graphical
representations like histograms, box
plots, or scatter plots.
Interpret the results communicate the
findings through visualizations, charts,
graphs and narrative explanations to
present the data.
Validate and document the analysis
process.
Timeline:
Provide an actual duration of your data
Create a timeline for your data
collection. You can adjust the timeline collection.
accordingly to suit your specific research
needs and constraints.
Resources:
Identify the resources you need to
Provide the necessary resources
gather the data. Human resources, equipment needed for your data collection. This includes
and tools, financial resources, data collection the personnel, equipment or tools, materials,
materials, time and scheduling are the time and management.
resources you need for data collection.
Ethical Considerations:
Ensure the protection of participants'
Ensure that all ethical issues related
rights, privacy, and well-being.
to data collecting are taken into account,
including getting ethical approvals, safely
protect data privacy and confidentiality of the
collected data.