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Respond to a classmate.on the following; One factor that may influence data collection methods is the sensitivity of the data to be collected.
Researchers should guarantee that personal data will be kept private and confidential (Heath et al., 2018). These issues may be very important to participants or subjects as it may influence how much information they disclose; if they are scared or stressed, they may not be as forthcoming (Heath et al., 2018). The development of rapport is essential for participants or subjects to feel relaxed and comfortable to share experiences. Researchers should use caution when developing rapport as they don’t want to become too personal as this may impact study results. For example, if a researcher has recently lost someone to cancer and is now conducting an interview with a participant going through chemotherapy, the results could be skewed by the researchers own personal experience. Transparency, when possible, can influence data collection methods. Transparency in a blinded study, for example, is impossible and any breach in this protocol could not only alter the study results but may result in termination of the research. If transparency is allowed then participants and subjects should understand the why of the research, it’s true purpose, and why it is being conducted the way it is (Heath et al., 2018).
Data collection methods differ from qualitive and quantitative studies. Three common approaches to data collection in qualitative research are interviews, focus groups, and observation (Barrett & Twycross, 2018). These methods give researchers rich and deep insights, but a lot of raw data (Barrett & Twycross, 2018). Developing rapport and transparency are essential to these techniques for researchers to get the most complex answers. Data collection in quantitative research is typically surveys or questionnaires. Interviews can be conducted in quantitative research, but they are less open ended and more standardized, essentially the research is reading a script interview with the subject.
