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Discuss data collection methods. What tools can be used to collect data? What are some of the issues that occur with data collection? Are some tools more appropriate for collecting certain types of data and why?

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Methods and problems with methods for data collection during research. Types of data methods and collections.

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Qualitative methods include ethnography, case studies, phenomenology, and grounded theories. However for business there is usually no cause for any of these. The survey, interview, group interview, and using previously recorded data are the most common. With the use of previously recorded or published data, such as census information, you gain a lot of knowledge about the population you are collecting data on. With the interview, you may make people uncomfortable ...

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