Data Types and Collection Methods

This week’s topics

Data Types and Collection Methods

1. Primary versus secondary data sources
2. Qualitative interviews and focus groups
3. Standardized surveys and physiological measurements
4. Sampling techniques and sample bias
5. Data Collection Techniques
6. Qualitative research methods
7. Types of Sampling Methods and Bias
8. Public Health 250A - Lecture 33: Selection Bias: A. Gordon
9. Public Health 250A - Lecture 35: Information Bias and Conseq

What you will be able to do

• 4.1 Explain types and sources of research data.

Activity

Start with this week’s 5 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain types and sources of research data.

Study materials

Videos

• Data Collection Techniques · YouTube · Galton College · 35 min · for registered students
• Qualitative research methods · YouTube · Global Health with Greg Martin · 14 min · for registered students
• Types of Sampling Methods and Bias · YouTube · Galton College · 30 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Principles of Data Science, 2.1: Overview of Data Collection Methods · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 58–60 · for registered students
• Research Methods in Psychology, ch. 9: Survey Research · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 215–237 · for registered students
• Principles of Sociological Inquiry, ch. 9: Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 108–121 · for registered students