Technology and data collection
1. How does technological advancement affect the ability to collect data? Does this advancement increase or decrease the chance for errors?
2. What are some critical decisions involved in selecting an appropriate measurment scale? How might these decisions influence the research design?
3. What is the importance of pretesting questions in an insturment you are developing? How might you go about doing such a pretest?
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Technological advancements significantly affect the ability as well as accuracy of collection of data now a days because advance software and other technological tools allow easy and efficienct collection, storage and analysis of data with greater speed and accuracy. For example, online data capture or survey tools allow organizations to collect, store and organize data in a very efficienct and accurate manner. However, these technological tools are subject to ...
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1. How does technological advancement affect the ability to collect data? Does this advancement increase or decrease the chance for errors?
2. What are some critical decisions involved in selecting an appropriate measurment scale? How might these decisions influence the research design?
3. What is the importance of pretesting questions in an insturment you are developing? How might you go about doing such a pretest?