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This document discusses the methods used for data collection by Assurance Consulting, Inc. for Ballard Integrated Management Services, Inc. It covers the types of data collected, levels of measurement, and coding procedures. It is useful for understanding data collection techniques.
What's inside
- Overview of the instrument used for data collection
- Types of data and how they were collected
- Levels of measurement for each variable
- Coding procedure used in the data collection
Who it is for: For students taking a course in data collection and measurement. (Undergraduate)
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Summary
Data collection methods are the focus. A student learns about the tools and types of data used in a survey for a company's management services.
Survey Instrument
A survey is the tool used to collect data. The survey includes questions on employee views and background.
Types of Data
Data is collected at three levels of measurement. Ordinal data shows how often an answer appears. Nominal data shows categories. Interval data shows time worked.
Coding Procedure
Numbers are used to code the survey answers. These numbers show the level of agreement with a statement, gender, department, management status and time worked.
Data Appropriateness
The survey data is checked to see if it meets the study's needs. The student is asked to assess whether the data is appropriate.
Key terms
- Ordinal data
- Data that shows how often something happens, but cannot be added together.
- Nominal data
- Data that shows categories, but not order or size.
- Interval data
- Data that shows time worked, and can be compared.
- Coding
- Using numbers to show answers to survey questions.
- Survey
- A tool for collecting data from employees.
- Levels of measurement
- The way data is measured, such as ordinal, nominal or interval.
Questions this document helps with
- What is a survey instrument?
- What are the three levels of measurement?
- How does coding work in a survey?
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