Refereed journal article or data article (A1)
A review of the data collection process
List of Authors: Schadewitz H, Blevins D
Publisher: sage (previously Baywood Publishing Company, Inc.)
Place: 26 Austin Avenue, P.O. Box 337, Amityville, NY 11701
Publication year: 1997
Article number: 6
Volume number: 27
Issue number: 4
Start page: 417
End page: 424
eISSN: 0047-2816
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/2GQV-964G-05UQ-V2G6
URL: http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?id=2gqv964g05uqv2g6
This article reviews the data collection process. This process is of crucial importance because data offer empirical answers to theoretical research questions. Although the literature provides a wealth of instruction on the treatment of already collected data, far less has been written about the selection of the data. The present view focuses on this overlooked portion of research methodology. An actual illustration is used to demonstrate the factual decisions and procedures that may be used in any data collection process.