Data Collection is an important aspect of any type of research study. Inaccurate data collection can impact the results of a study and ultimately lead to invalid results.
The scientific method does not detail how you do an experiment, only the method used in general terms.
survey. Can be telephone survey or survey by personal interview.
percentage analysis is the method to represent raw streams of data as a percentage (a part in 100 - percent) for better understanding of collected data.
The data collected does not have to be measurable.
In continuous grouped data the data is collected continuously and in groups. Data collected is in class intervals the actual data values are not visible.
The next step in the scientific method is to analyze the data you collected.
The scientific method does not detail how you do an experiment, only the method used in general terms.
sttarting the question
survey. Can be telephone survey or survey by personal interview.
In the consumer survey method the consumers of the entire geographical area are surveyed and the data is collected there-on.
A hypothesis test is used to make certain decisions based on the data collected.
Any kind of data can be collected.
relevance, consistency, method of collection used, validity, reasons for which the data were collected, reliability, completenes e.t.c
percentage analysis is the method to represent raw streams of data as a percentage (a part in 100 - percent) for better understanding of collected data.
Which step
The data collected does not have to be measurable.
Data that is collected may have been collected previously for some reason, or it might have been collected recently. Data is usually collected to show statistics or information about something specific.