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Data collection

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Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on targeted variables in an established systematic fashion, which then enables one to answer relevant questions and evaluate outcomes. [1]

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Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

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Data collection system

A data collection system (DCS) is a computer application that facilitates the process of data collection, allowing specific, structured information to be gathered in a systematic fashion, subsequently enabling data analysis to be performed on the information.

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Data curation

Data curation is a broad term used to indicate processes and activities related to the organization and integration of data collected from various sources, annotation of the data, and publication and presentation of the data such that the value of the data is maintained over time, and the data remains available for reuse and preservation.

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Data management

Data management comprises all disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource.

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Data validation

In computer science, data validation is the process of ensuring data have undergone data cleansing to ensure they have data quality, that is, that they are both correct and useful.

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Experiment

An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Observational error

Observational error (or measurement error) is the difference between a measured value of a quantity and its true value.

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Observational study

In fields such as epidemiology, social sciences, psychology and statistics, an observational study draws inferences from a sample to a population where the independent variable is not under the control of the researcher because of ethical concerns or logistical constraints.

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Outline of physical science

Physical science is a branch of natural science that studies non-living systems, in contrast to life science.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson plc.

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Public policy

Public policy is the principled guide to action taken by the administrative executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues, in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs.

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Qualitative research

Qualitative research is a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data.

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Quantitative methods in criminology

Quantitative methods provide the primary research methods for studying the distribution and causes of crime.

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Quantitative research

In natural sciences and social sciences, quantitative research is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques.

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Research data archiving

Research data archiving is the long-term storage of scholarly research data, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and life sciences.

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Sampling (statistics)

In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset (a statistical sample) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

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Social science

Social science is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.

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Survey data collection

With the application of probability sampling in the 1930s, surveys became a standard tool for empirical research in social sciences, marketing, and official statistics.

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Survey methodology

A field of applied statistics of human research surveys, survey methodology studies the sampling of individual units from a population and associated techniques of survey data collection, such as questionnaire construction and methods for improving the number and accuracy of responses to surveys.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_collection

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