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Education › Re: 4 Data Collection Techniques: Which One’s Right For You? by yinkuscious(op): 1:18pm On Feb 09, 2016

Focus Group

Focus Group Sessions take the interactive benefits of an interview to the next level by bringing a carefully chosen group together for a moderated discussion on the subject of the survey.

Advantages:

The presence of several relevant people together at the same time can encourage them to engage in a healthy discussion and help researchers uncover information that they may not have envisaged.
It helps the researchers corroborate the facts instantly; any inaccurate response will most likely be countered by other members of the focus group.
It gives the researchers a chance to view both sides of the coin and build a balanced perspective on the matter.

Disadvantages:

Finding groups of people who are relevant to the survey and persuading them to come together for the session at the same time can be a difficult task.
The presence of excessively loud members in the focus group can subdue the opinions of those who are less vocal.
The members of a focus group can often fall prey to group-think if one of them turns out to be remarkably persuasive and influential. This will bury the diversity of opinion that may have otherwise emerged. The moderator of a Focus Group Session must be on guard to prevent this from happening.

Use Case:

Focus Group Sessions with the lecturers of a university can be a good way of collecting information on ways in which our education system can be made more research-driven.

Read more about the steps of conducting a successful focus group discussion.

Conclusions
Keeping these factors in mind will go a long way toward helping you choose between the four data collection techniques. The recent evolution of technology has given researchers powerful tools and dramatically transformed the ways that researchers interface with their subjects.

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Education › Re: 4 Data Collection Techniques: Which One’s Right For You? by yinkuscious(op): 1:17pm On Feb 09, 2016

Interview

Conducting interviews can help you overcome most of the shortfalls of the previous two data collection techniques that we have discussed here by allowing you to build a deeper understanding of the thinking behind the respondents’ answers.

Advantages:

Interviews help the researchers uncover rich, deep insight and learn information that they may have missed otherwise.
The presence of an interviewer can give the respondents additional comfort while answering the questionnaire and ensure correct interpretation of the questions.
The physical presence of a persistent, well-trained interviewer can significantly improve the response rate.

Disadvantages:

Reaching out to all respondents to conduct interviews is a massive, time-consuming exercise that leads to a major increase in the cost of conducting a survey.
To ensure the effectiveness of the whole exercise, the interviewers must be well-trained in the necessary soft skills and the relevant subject matter.

Use Case:

Interviews are the most suitable technique for surveys that touch upon complex issues like healthcare and family welfare. The presence of an interviewer to help respondents interpret and understand the questions can be critical to the success of the survey.

Education › Re: 4 Data Collection Techniques: Which One’s Right For You? by yinkuscious(op): 1:16pm On Feb 09, 2016

Questionaire

Questionnaires, as we consider them here, are stand-alone instruments of data collection that will be administered to the sample subjects either through mail, phone or online. They have long been one of the most popular data collection techniques.

Advantages:

Questionnaires give the researchers an opportunity to carefully structure and formulate the data collection plan with precision.
Respondents can take these questionnaires at a convenient time and think about the answers at their own pace.
The reach is theoretically limitless. The questionnaire can reach every corner of the globe if the medium allows for it.

Disadvantages:

Questionnaires without human intervention (as we have taken them here) can be quite passive and miss out on some of the finer nuances, leaving the responses open to interpretation. Interviews and Focus Group Sessions, as we shall see later, are instrumental in overcoming this shortfall of questionnaires.
Response rates can be quite low. Questionnaires can be designed well by choosing the right question types to optimize response rates, but very little can be done to encourage the respondents without directly conversing with them.

Use Case:

The survey can be carried out through directly-administered questionnaires when the sample subjects are relatively well-versed with the ideas being discussed and comfortable at making the right responses without assistance. A survey about newspaper reading habits, for example, would be perfect for this mode.

Education › 4 Data Collection Techniques: Which One’s Right For You? by yinkuscious(op): 1:15pm On Feb 09, 2016

Any research is only as good as the data that drives it, so choosing the right technique of data collection can make all the difference. In this article, we will look at four different data collection techniques – Observation, Questionnaire, Interview and Focus Group Session – and evaluate their suitability under different circumstances.
Observation

Seeing is believing, they say. Making direct observations, when the situation allows for it, is a very quick and effective way of collecting data with minimal intrusion. Establishing the right mechanism for making the observation is all you need.

Advantages:

Non-responsive sample subjects are a non-issue when you’re simply making direct observation.
This mode doesn’t require a very extensive and well-tailored training regime for the survey workforce.
It is not as time-consuming as the other modes that we will be discussing below.
Infrastructure requirement and preparation time are minimal.

Disadvantages:

Heavy reliance on experts who must know what to observe and how to interpret the observations once the data collection is done.
There is the possibility of missing out on the complete picture due to the lack of direct interaction with sample subjects.

Use Case:

Making direct observations can be a good way of collecting information about mechanical, orderly tasks, like checking the number of manual interventions required in a day to keep an assembly line functioning smoothly.

Politics › Re: Nigeria Police And Money(share Your Experience With Them) by yinkuscious(m): 1:20pm On Feb 06, 2016

And someone whose father is a police officer is reading this...

By the way, Police don't collect #20 again o they have upgraded to #50 or #100 as the case may be

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Jokes Etc › What Class Do Make You Feel This Way ? (photo) by yinkuscious(op): 8:39am On Jan 25, 2016

For me it was Chemistry back then, the Subject teacher is called JabeOrieme by the students. This man teaches chemistry like he is teaching Arabic, the most annoying part is that he'll just face the "black board" until his period is over. Whenever he is about to leave, we go just dey yawn..

Family › Re: I Dont Pray To Marry Someone Like My Mother by yinkuscious(m): 10:18pm On Jan 20, 2016

Raffa:
Am 20 year old but My mother do give me problem anytime shes around with me at home cus we stay together, she make life harder for me... And she started dis act since november i came back from sch cus am done with my (ND) Pls what should i do

seriously you need to work on yourself, remember all that your mum has done for u since you are young. this do happen to some people as well, u think you know or understand better than your mum even ashame to tell people this is your mum. get a rethink, remember all that she has done for u and try to embrace your mother. there is no better mum than your mum out there

Jokes Etc › Re: An herbalist Hilarious Price List. by yinkuscious(m): 9:46pm On Jan 17, 2016

The baddest thing is that u don't even pay in cash, u can oly pay through ur ATM.. Lol

Celebrities › Re: Psquare Kids Go Swimming (adorable Photos) by yinkuscious(m): 11:15pm On Jan 16, 2016

And some ladies reading this can't even swim..

Jokes Etc › Hillarious: Who Do You Think Is Inside The Cage (photo) by yinkuscious(op): 10:48am On Jan 16, 2016

The cock be like "so my own condition still better small"

Politics › Re: Patrick Obahiagbon Speaks About Dasukigate by yinkuscious(m): 11:58pm On Jan 14, 2016

Smartsyn:
Ok..

That Dasuki issue has shown that GEJ torelated corruption to a whole different level, but in the midst of all the noise and controversy, the challenge is on us to ensure to every public holder is properly monitored to avoid a repeat of this.....

hmmmm, I'll pretend as if u are correct

Celebrities › Re: People Say I Look Like Davido, Is It True? (pics) by yinkuscious(m): 11:53pm On Jan 14, 2016

may01:
Of course you do

are u viewing this tread fromthe north side ? 'Cos I can't see what u are seeing

Celebrities › Re: People Say I Look Like Davido, Is It True? (pics) by yinkuscious(m): 11:51pm On Jan 14, 2016

geesilver:
Infact u resemble obama
for one side and the other side you resemble the likes of:
Dasuki
obasanjo
Metusellah
Dokpesi
Agbani
Tompolo
Not to forget asari.........yeye guy........this is what happen when OP is jobless.

oga, u dnt need to downgrade the Op this much now.. Any1 is entitle to his or her dream, OP dey dream

Jokes Etc › Re: When you Had Your First Kiss At The Age Of 35 by yinkuscious(m): 8:27pm On Jan 14, 2016

Na ponmo this guy dey eat ooo

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 6:47pm On Jan 14, 2016

shona2487:
Lol....Nope. met sum1 tho and we r gud frnds

I hope that person is reading this so that he can make a fast move

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 4:41pm On Jan 14, 2016

nikkypearl:
I can give you mine

Stop the Search!

he might be shy to ask for it, lemme help him to ask

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 4:38pm On Jan 14, 2016

shona2487:
Hmmmmmmm. If a thread like this is opened again by the end of the year im sure I will have a comment.

don't tell me a guy is stalking u

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 12:40pm On Jan 14, 2016

ClassCaptain:
Yes ....Am dating two of them.......and They are Females...
more interesting. they are nairalanders...

and i have never met both of them.

this one u are doing is not dating, it is called dreaming

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 12:39pm On Jan 14, 2016

ClassCaptain:
Yes ....Am dating two of them.......and They are Females...
more interesting. they are nairalanders...this is one u are doing is not dating, it is called dreaming

and i have never met both of them.

Romance › Re: Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 12:37pm On Jan 14, 2016

Theyveedo:
Yes oooo... Me and Introvert. No be small thing

oga, this I can tell u about introvert, I'm not sure if monicker bearer is a he or a she

Romance › Has There Been Any Successful Relationship On Nairaland ? by yinkuscious(op): 11:36am On Jan 14, 2016

Just wondering if there has been any successful relationship on Nairaland that leads to marriage or those who met on Nairaland and are still dating.
Please share if u know any of such.

Family › Re: 9 Lies You Need To Stop Believing by yinkuscious(m): 8:42am On Jan 14, 2016

eleojo23:
Lets assume that it is true that some witch in the village is responsible for your predicament.
If you are a christian, you have the power to either allow the witch to continue tormenting you or to put an end to her grip on you. Why? Because He that is in you is greater than he that is in the witch and at the mention of His name, every yoke is broken.
So it all boils down to you. You can choose to free yourself from the evil influence by using the authority you have in Christ or you can choose to remain under the oppression of the evil one.

preach brother, preach! Let them know. There is God and the devil is real!

Family › Re: 9 Lies You Need To Stop Believing by yinkuscious(m): 8:36am On Jan 14, 2016

K9blunt:
That some witches at my village are responsible for my predicament, when I turned atheist I realised me and me alone is responsible for my predicament.

it is until u turned an atheist that u know u're responsible for ur situations ? And some atheist frnd of yours also like this ur post ? U guys need serious help!!

Family › Re: Hppy Birthday To Mr Austine4real. by yinkuscious(m): 8:29am On Jan 14, 2016

HaPpy Birthday Bro.. Long life in much wealth.

Nairaland General › Re: Nairalanders Share Your Xmas Selfies by yinkuscious(m): 6:50am On Jan 12, 2016

chisophia:
spent it in my home town with moi family

sweethear, what are u waiting for that u are nt contesting for Miss World ? Abi na make up tinz ?

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Nairaland General › Re: Nairalanders Share Your Xmas Selfies by yinkuscious(m): 6:48am On Jan 12, 2016

Moana:
chilling with the christnas tree tingz

u got it, at least someone needs to keep d company of the christmas tree

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Romance › Re: 20 FACTS About NIGERIAN Guys. by yinkuscious(m): 1:35pm On Jan 11, 2016

Evathyst:
Yes! I have a boyfriend, and yes, I have brothers. If I hadn't dated guys and if I don't know what my brother's & Co discuss about the girls they have 'lashed'. How would I have known all these?

Just pick like 8 things you're guilty of from the above and lemme deliver you.

Op, u are even claiming publicly that u have dated guys ?? Are those guys carrying out a test on u ? I pity u oo

Family › Re: Which Of This Is Your Childhood Games (photos) by yinkuscious(m): 9:54am On Jan 11, 2016

All this one ? Na mummy and Daddy I love pass.. U cook sand as rice or amala, cut grass to mak ewedu, we'll use milk tin as pot, steal little oil and maggi from the house, but at last we will pour eferytin away..
Doing daddy is always nice then, as I will vote to av my crush as the mummy so dat d play will be nice.

Romance › Re: What Would You Do In This Kind Of Situation? by yinkuscious(m): 10:16pm On Jan 10, 2016

yinkus4u2c:
Lolz... Namesake

yeah.. What's up..

Romance › Re: What Would You Do In This Kind Of Situation? by yinkuscious(m): 9:26pm On Jan 10, 2016

yinkus4u2c:
Fu*k-rape the artist

gosh!! When I saw this, I thought I wrote, until I checked ur monicker very well

Family › Re: Share Your Most Embarrassing Moment, Up Until Now.. by yinkuscious(m): 7:48pm On Jan 10, 2016

phensbassey:
At one point in life, something happenes that brings ridicule and embarrassed, to someone, its hard to forget such horrific experience..... let's all share our most embarrassing momment...
for me, I was about 16, I committed an offense, and my mum punished me by striping my cloths and made me walk around...naked.

OP, kindly correct the topic from "share you" to "share your"

Family › Re: Share Your Most Embarrassing Moment, Up Until Now.. by yinkuscious(m): 7:30pm On Jan 10, 2016

I will never forget d day a brother in my church was getting engaged and as a friend of the husband we are to prostrate with him during the engagement ceremony.
But before then, when we are arranging the engagement venue, my trouser got tore a little.
Now when we are to prostrate, I just heard "peh peh peh" as I was prostrating, the trouser was tearing... I was instantly lost. So annoyed! To prostrate is one thing, when we are now asked to stand up, everyone at my back (the brides family) were looking at my tore trouser. I was really embarassed. Since that day. I threw away that cloth, I don't even consider resowing it.

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