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Effect of various data collection techniques on quality and reliability of data.

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Maria Latif- 12371
FozanMosadeq -11426
Muhammad Ismail -
Muhammad Zubair Agha -11591
ZainabMorawala - 11516









A research report
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration
To Iqra University Research Center (IURC)
At the Iqra University,
Main campus, Karachi



Karachi, Pakistan
July, 2012


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We would like to thank The Almighty Allah for giving us the ability to complete this
report. We would also like to acknowledge the support and cooperation of our supervisor
Dr. M.I Subhani. We would also like to thank all of our respondents who took out time
from their busy schedules to help us out. We would further like to express our gratitude
to the technical and academic staff of Iqra University Research Centre (IURC) who has
helped us in every step of our research.


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ABSTRACT
The research is conducted to study the effects of various data collection techniques on
quality and reliability of data. We can say that Research studies have defined the target,
and the results are within the limits set in accordance with current guidelines and data.
Management, framework and guidelines which provide researchers with information and
helps in organized research process, and also different kinds of conclusions can be
predicted on basis of data collected.













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TABLE OF CONTENTS
S.NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...... ii
2. ABSTRACTS iii
3. LIST OF TABLES ... v
4. LIST OF FIGURE vi
5. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.

1.1 Overview
1.2 Problem statement...
1.3 Hypotheses..........
1.4 Outline of the study
1.5 Definitions..
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6. CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW.. 3
7. CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODS..

3.1 Methods of Data Collection.
3.2 Sampling Technique.
3.3 Sample Size..
3.4 Instrument of Data Collection..
3.5 Research Model Development..
3.6 Statistical Technique.
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8. CHAPTER 4: RESULTS

4.1 Findings and Interpretation of the results
4.2 Hypotheses Assessment Summary..
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9. CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION, DISCUSSIONS,
IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH..

5.1 Conclusion.
5.2 Discussion..
5.3 Implications...
5.4 Future Research.

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10. REFERENCES. 18
11. APPENDIX.. 19


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LIST OF TABLES
S.NO. TABLE Page
Number
1. 4.1 Group Statistics. 13
2. 4.2 Independent Sample Test 14
3. 4.3 Hypothesis Assessment Summary. 15




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LIST OF FIGURES
S.NO. FIGURES Page
Number
1. 3.1 Research Model Developed. 9












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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
In this researchthe effect of various data collection techniques that are based on personal
survey has been studied. The study has brought a great standing on data collection.The
study has conductedby the personal survey for collecting of data.

1.1 Overview
The effects of various data collection techniques on quality and reliability of data has an
important role. Quality of data and reliability of data are two most important things and
this helps in using the data for other purpose. There are two variables in this independent
and dependent variable. Independent variables are effects of various and dependent
variables are data collection techniques, quality and reliability of data. Close ended
questionnaire will be conducted to find the effects on data collection techniques on
quality and reliability of data.

1.2 Problem Statement
To study the effect on various data collection techniques on quality and reliability of
data.

1.3 Hypotheses
H: There is an affect of various on data collection techniques on quality and reliability
of data.

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1.4 Outline of the study
The main objective of this research will be to know various kinds of effects on the
techniques that we use for data collection for the research like questionnaires and other
forms of data base that we need in research.

1.5 Definitions
Data Collection Techniques:
The techniques through which data can be collected such as personal survey,
interviews, observations are known data collections techniques

Quality of Data:
The accuracy with which the data is collected and analyzed

Reliability of Data:
Reliability of data can be seen by its source, the more the data is collected with
accuracy the reliable it become





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CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
The author assessed inters rater trustworthiness (IRR) of chart abstractors just a
randomized trial associated with cardiovascular care in primary care. the author report
her conclusions, and outline issues and offer recommendations related for you to
determining sample size, frequency of confirmation, and minimum thresholds for 2
measures of IRR: your statistic as well as percent agreement.
Any 5% sampling associated with charts for quality control using IRR examination
yielded as well as agreement levels that met or exceeded our quality thresholds. Using 3
time points over the chart audit phase provides for early quality control as well as
ongoing quality checking. the results can be utilized as a guide and benchmark for other
medical information review studies in primary care. (Clare Liddy, 2011)

Medical organizations are faced with increasingly disparate facts collection and
reportingrequirements from lots of public and exclusive organizations. The currentarray
associated with unresolved data collection issues, including numerous variations in
procedures acrossthe various quality reporting and functionality measurement systems,
results in duplications ofeffort, greater expense, and shed opportunities. Ultimately, the
charge will be unequal monitoring of quality in medical. (AHRQ, 2007)

The excellent inter-reliability of a lot of the data items within the PCNASR, such as
demographics, stroke subtype, past health background, and discharge medications
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supports usage of the registry info for construction of performance measures accustomed
to monitor care along with guide QI projects. However, the poor reliability observed for
some variables, particularly the records of event times will more than likely hinder the
registry's power to accurately monitor health care. Our findings illustrate specific areas,
such as documentation of swing onset time, wherever changes to info definitions,
enhanced abstractor coaching, and the advancement of concurrent, real-time data
collection systems ought to be strongly considered as a way to improve the quality of the
data used to help track and check acute stroke health care. (Mathew J Reeves,2008)

Various philosophical as well as theoretical orientations to qualitative questions point out
to us all that concerns associated with excellent as well as credibility intersect together
with target audience as well as supposed research requirements. This overview looks at
options for increasing the product quality as well as credibility associated with qualitative
research by means of dealing with several specific however linked questions
considerations: demanding methods as well as strategies to gathering as well as
considering qualitative files, such as awareness of validity, stability, as well as
triangulation; the particular credibility, skills, as well as observed standing of the
particular qualitative researcher; and also the philosophical thinking associated with
assessment people with regards to this sort of paradigm-based inclinations since
objectivity vs subjectivity, real truth vs viewpoint, as well as generalizations vs
extrapolations. (M Q Patton 1999)
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Person observation will involve the researcher's involvement in several activities over a
long time frame in which allow him/her to look at the cultural users inside their day-to-
day lifestyles and engage in their particular activities in order to aid a greater idea of
these behaviors as well as activities. Accomplishing this associated with completing this
type of area perform will involve attaining accessibility in to the group, picking out
gatekeepers as well as key informants, engaged in as many distinct activities while tend
to be permitted through the group users, making clear a person's conclusions by way of
associate investigations, conventional selection interviews, as well as casual discussions,
as well as retaining arranged, set up area notes in order to aid the progress of the story in
which explains numerous cultural factors on the audience. Person observation is needed
as being a mainstay within area perform in several exercises, as well as, as such, has
proved to be an excellent tool for creating scientific tests offering appropriate
manifestation of the traditions. (Barbara B. Kawulich, 2005)

Job interviews as well as emphasis groups remain the medical health care. most typical
methods of information collection within qualitative research, as well as are increasingly
being in combination with growing consistency within tooth research, specifically to get
into parts certainly not amendable in order to quantitative methods and/or wherever
interesting depth, information as well as comprehension of specific phenomena are
essential. Your types of tooth scientific studies who have utilized these kind of methods
in addition be an aid to prove the range connected with research contexts in order to
which appointment as well as emphasis collection research will make a useful info. Your
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continued career of those methods can certainly additionally strengthen many regions of
dentally similar perform.(P. Gill,1 K. Stewart,2 E. Treasure3 and B. Chadwick4, 2008)

Micro-costing studies accumulate precise files upon methods utilised and the worth of the
people methods. Such studies are helpful intended for calculating the expense of brand
new technologies as well as brand new community-based surgery, intended for producing
quotations inside studies that include non-market goods, and also intended for learning
within-procedure cost variance.(Kevin D. Frick, PhD, 2009)

The writer noted that quantitative research could be the process of accumulating,
analyzing, interpreting, and writing the final results of a review, while qualitative
research could be the approach to facts collection, analysis, and report writing differing in
the traditional, quantitative techniques. This paper comes with a further distinction
between quantitative and qualitative research methods. This paper also presents a listing
of the different research ways to conduct research inside quantitative, qualitative, as well
as mixed methods studies. (Creswell (2002)
On this paper, the author call up into question this widely-held assumption of a single,
more or less unified paradigm associated with qualitative research whose
methodologies share a number of epistemological and ontological characteristics, and
explore the implications of the position for judgments about the products research
studies. (Gary Rolfe, 2006)
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A percentage of the developments made throughout the previous 25 years in the factual
medicine of unwavering quality issues are audited. The effect of factual systems on
dependability is examined, and a few territories where work is wanted are proposed.
( J. F. Lawlessa, 2012)

The goal of many examines of significant databases is to draw causal inferences
concerning the effects associated with actions, remedies, or surgery. Examples include
the effects of assorted options accessible to a physician for treating a selected patient, the
family member efficacies of assorted health proper care providers, and also the
consequences associated with implementing a new national medical policy. A
complication of making use of large databases to realize such aspires is which their data
happen to be observational as an alternative to experimental. That is, the data for most
large info sets will not be in line with the results associated with carefully executed
randomized medical trials, but instead represent info collected over the observation
associated with systems as they operate within normal practice with no interventions put
in place by randomized work rules. Such info are relatively inexpensive to get, however,
and quite often do represent the selection of health-related practice much better than the
options of randomized experiments. Consequently, it makes sense to estimate the effects
of remedies from like large info sets, even if only to guide design a new randomized test
or highlight the generalizability associated with results by existing randomized
experiments. However, standard strategies of analysis making use of available record
software (such because linear or perhaps logistic regression) can be deceptive with regard
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to these objectives because they provide absolutely no warnings in relation to their
propriety. Propensity ranking methods tend to be more reliable methods for dealing with
such objectives as the assumptions needed to make their particular answers appropriate
tend to be more assessable in addition to transparent for the investigator. (Rubin, Donald
B. PhD, 1997)












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CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Method of data collection
Quantitative method of data collection is used for this research. Data is collected
through questionnaires. Data collection is done by meeting the research students who
have done or currently doing their thesis.
3.2 Sampling technique
The data is collected by the students of research who have or who are doing their
thesis in the Iqrauniversity. Unrestricted non probability sampling technique is used in
the research.
3.3 Sample Size
The respondents for the research were the student of thesis . 60 student were
selectedon a random basis, as sample size for the research.
3.4 Instrument of Data Collection
Questionnaires were the source of collecting data. Close ended categorical
questions were used as the instrument of data collection.
3.5 Research Model Developed
Figure 3.1

Data collection
techniques, quality
and reliability of
datadata.

Effects of various

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3.6 Statistical Technique
3.2 Independent sample t test is used as statistical technique in this research. The
technique used is to compare the means of two groups of a given variable
.














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CHAPTER 4: RESULTS
4.1 Finding and Interpretation of the results








This research is comparison of 5 variables. Three of which are independent and two are
dependent.
We have used regression in this research. In model summary it has been found that three
independent variables explain 2.7% of the dependent variable. This is very weak explanation.

ANOVA
b

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
1 Regression 9.470 3 3.157 1.538 .215
a

Residual 114.908 56 2.052
Total 124.378 59
Model Summary
Model R R Square
Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of the
Estimate
1 .276
a
.076 .027 1.43245
a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview,
Observational_Technique
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a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview, Observational_Technique
b. Dependent Variable: Quality

The ANOVA Table shows that the model is insignificant. As F<3.84 and the p value
(sig) is greater than 0.05.

The Coefficient table shows that there is a positive effect of personal survey method on
Quality of data. The result indicates that using of personal survey method increases the
Quality of data because both these variables have direct relationship as Beta is positive.
Personal survey method has sig value of 0.088 but its t value is 1.735 which shows that it
is significant. For observational technique we have sig value 0.970 and t value 0.038. For
interview sig value is 0.363 and t value is 0.917. This indicates that both of these
variables are insignificant.

Coefficients
a

Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients
B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
1 (Constant) .639 1.038 .616 .540
Observational_Technique .016 .419 .005 .038 .970
Interview .252 .275 .121 .917 .363
Personal_Survey_Method .484 .279 .229 1.735 .088
a. Dependent Variable: Quality
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Model Summary
Model R R Square
Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of
the Estimate
1 .421
a
.177 .133 .59238
a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview,
Observational_Technique

We have used regression in this research. In model summary it has been found that three
independent variables explain 13.3% of the dependent variable. This is very weak explanation.




ANOVA
b

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
1 Regression 4.221 3 1.407 4.010 .012
a

Residual 19.651 56 .351
Total 23.872 59
a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview, Observational_Technique
b. Dependent Variable: Reliability

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The ANOVA Table shows that the model is significant. As F>3.84 and the p value
(sig) is less than 0.05


Coefficients
a

Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients
B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
1 (Constant) 1.106 .429 2.577 .013
Observational_Technique .045 .173 .033 .261 .795
Interview .348 .114 .381 3.054 .003
Personal_Survey_Method .099 .115 .107 .856 .396
a. Dependent Variable: Reliability


The Coefficient table shows that there is a positive effect of interview on Reliability of
data. The result indicates that using of Interview increases the Reliability of data because
both these variables have direct relationship as Beta is positive. Interview method has sig
value of 0.003 and its t value is 3.054 which show that it is significant. For observational
technique we have sig value 0.795 and t value 0.261. For Personal survey sig value is
0.396 and t value is 0.856. This indicates that both of these variables are insignificant.


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4.2 HYPOTHESES ASSESSMENT SUMMARY
For the research a complete hypotheses summary table has been created in order
to fully assess the sex hypotheses created for this study. All these hypotheses are based
upon variables that connected with Quality and Reliability of data which in turn affect the
organizational database.


HYPOTHESES Coefficient Sig.Value Empirical Conclusion
H1: There is an effect of personal
survey on quality of data.
0.484 0.088 Accepted
H2: There is an effect of interview
method on quality of data.
0.252 0.363 Rejected
H3: There is an effect of observational
technique on quality of data.
0.016 0.970 Rejected
H4: There is an effect of observational
technique on reliability of data.
0.045 0.795 Rejected
H5: There is an effect of Interview
technique on reliability of data.
0.348 0.003 Accepted
H6: There is an effect of Personal
survey technique on reliability of data.
0.099 0.396 Rejected


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CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION, DISCUSSIONS,
IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH

5.1 CONCLUSION:
After our research on data collection techniques for reliability of data, three variables
were chosen to find out which is the most reliable and from that we got to know that
Only personal survey has a direct relation with quality of data and remaining have
indirect relation As more and more personal surveys will be conducted the data quality
will be more reliable and hence our research can be proven quality of data was a
dependent variable and rest were independent variables in this statistical data.

5.2 Discussion:
The research is about what techniques to be used for an effective data collection which is
proved by this research that personal survey is the most reliable way to collect data.
Researchers purpose for the data collection is to find out about something by using
different techniques those techniques to be used which gives a reliable data.
5.3 Implication:
By this research it will be helpful to collect a reliable data when the quality of data is
collected then it will be easy for researchers to take a better decision on the result that
what needs to be done further.
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5.4 Future Research:
Having a past experience on this research it can easily looked in the future that
personal survey techniques proved to be the best which gives the reliable and quality of
data. So in future it can help to have a good quality data available.











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APPENDIX
Data View



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Variable View
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SPSS OUTPUT

Regression
Model Summary
Model R R Square
Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of the
Estimate
1 .276
a
.076 .027 1.43245
a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview,
Observational_Technique


ANOVA
b

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
1 Regression 9.470 3 3.157 1.538 .215
a

Residual 114.908 56 2.052

Total 124.378 59

a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview, Observational_Technique
b. Dependent Variable: Quality


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Coefficients
a

Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients

B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
1 (Constant) .639 1.038

.616 .540
Observational_Technique .016 .419 .005 .038 .970
Interview .252 .275 .121 .917 .363
Personal_Survey_Method .484 .279 .229 1.735 .088
a. Dependent Variable: Quality


Regression


Model Summary
Model R R Square
Adjusted R
Square
Std. Error of the
Estimate
1 .421
a
.177 .133 .59238
a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview,
Observational_Technique

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ANOVA
b

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
1 Regression 4.221 3 1.407 4.010 .012
a

Residual 19.651 56 .351

Total 23.872 59

a. Predictors: (Constant), Personal_Survey_Method, Interview, Observational_Technique
b. Dependent Variable: Reliability


Coefficients
a

Model
Unstandardized Coefficients
Standardized
Coefficients

B Std. Error Beta t Sig.
1 (Constant) 1.106 .429

2.577 .013
Observational_Technique .045 .173 .033 .261 .795
Interview .348 .114 .381 3.054 .003
Personal_Survey_Method .099 .115 .107 .856 .396
a. Dependent Variable: Reliability

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