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Q2 Week No. 6
Information Sheet No. 1
Subject : English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Grade Level : 12
Subject Type : Applied
Prepared by : Elia Maury Cunanan-Jadina, T-II BCSHS
Learning Competency : Conducts surveys, experiments or observations*
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPPIIe-j-8) and
Gathers information from surveys, experiments, or observations*
Objectives : Learners are able to conduct basic socio-demographic profiling.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Imperative- essential, necessary
Tedious- tiresome

KEY CONCEPTS
Data collection is quite a tedious task not only for every researcher but as well as for other firms
or establishment seeking answers for whatever purpose they are intended to. Thus, collecting the
success of getting the necessary data becomes more challenging as it is dependent on the type of
instrument used for data collection and as well as how such tool was constructed. In this lesson, we
will focus on data collection via survey and observation. In the previous activity you have been
tasked to pretest and revise your own questions or questionnaire in your study for Prac 2. Now you will
be tasked to collect actul data of your respondents or participants.

In both of your subjects, Practical Research 1 (Qualitative Research) and 2 (Quantitative Research),
you have learned the different types of data gathering instruments and data collection procedures used
in each type. The table below shows 2 data collection methods that you may find convenient especially
in this time of pandemic.

2 Data Collection Methods

Methodology Tools/ Procedure Analysis

- questionnaire
Survey - Statistical Data Analysis

-Participant - Take down field notes

Observation
-Non- Videotape/ record the observations
s
Participant - Analyze data using Narrative or Thematic Analysis

1. Questionnaires and surveys can be used to ask questions that have closed-ended
answers.

Data gathered from questionnaires and surveys can be analyzed in many different ways. You
can assign numerical values to the data to speed up the analysis. This can be useful if you’re
collecting a large amount of data from a large population.

To be meaningful, surveys and questionnaires need to be carefully planned. Unlike an

interview, where a researcher can react to the direction of a respondent’s answers, a poorly designed
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questionnaire will lead the study nowhere quickly. While surveys are often less expensive than
interviews, they won’t be valuable if they aren’t handled correctly. Surveys can be conducted as
interviews, but in most cases, it makes sense to conduct surveys using forms.

Online forms are a modern and effective way to conduct surveys. Unlike written surveys, which are
static, the questions presented in online forms can change according to how someone responds. For
instance, if you use JotForm to create your forms, when someone answers no to a question about
allergies, they won’t have to scroll past all of the related follow-up questions about specific allergies.
Instead, they’ll go immediately to a question on a different topic.

Socio-demographic profile- are nothing more than characteristics of a population. Generally,

characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity, education level, income, type of client, years of
experience, location, etc. are being considered as socio-demographics and are being asked in all
kinds of surveys.
Why do socio-demographic profiling?
In some cases it might be imperative to know who is filling in your survey. For instance, if your
survey targets a specific audience, it allows you to determine whether you are actually reaching your
target audience and whether or not you are gathering the information you are effectively seeking.
Furthermore, if you aim for a representative sample of a population, knowing the distribution of the
demographic characteristics of your respondents will help you in determining how close the sample
replicates the population.

2. Observation
Observation involves collecting information without asking questions. This method is more
subjective, as it requires the researcher, or observer, to add their judgment to the data. But in some
circumstances, the risk of bias is minimal.
For example, if a study involves the number of people in a restaurant at a given time, unless the
observer counts incorrectly, the data should be reasonably reliable. Variables that require the observer
to make distinctions, such as how many millennials visit a restaurant in a given period, can introduce
potential problems.
In general, observation can determine the dynamics of a situation, which generally cannot be
measured through other data collection techniques. Observation also can be combined with additional
information, such as video.

Field Notes- Refers to notes created by the researcher during the act of conducting a field study to
remember and record the behaviors, activities, events, and other features of an observation. The notes
may either constitute the whole data collected for a research study [e.g., an observational project] or
contribute to it, such as when field notes supplement entire data collection process.

REFERENCES:

Paolo Niño M. Valdez, English for the Globalized Classroom Series: English for Academic &
Professional Purposes Quezon City: The Phoenix Publishing House Inc, 2016.

Ainsworth, Quentin. "Data Collection Methods." JotForm. Last modified September 27, 2019.
https://www.jotform.com/data-collection-methods/.

"Research Guides: Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: Writing Field Notes." Research
Guides at University of Southern California. Last modified September 29, 2020.
https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/fieldnotes.

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Gilovich, Thomas; Keltner, Dacher; Nisbett, Richard E. (2006). Social psychology. W.W. Norton.
pp. 467–468.
Q2 Week No.6
Activity Sheet No. 1
Name ________________________________ Score __________
Grade & Section _______________________ Date ___________

Subject : English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Grade Level : 12
Subject Type : Applied
Prepared by : Elia Maury Cunanan-Jadina, T-II BCSHS
Learning Competency : Conducts surveys, experiments or observations*
(CS_EN11/12A-EAPPIIe-j-8) and
Gathers information from surveys, experiments, or observations*
Objectives : Learners are able to conduct basic socio-demographic profiling.

Instructions: Suppose, you want to know selected Grade 11 students’ general performance on
modular distance learning during the first quarter coupled up with their socio-demographic profile. You
are to do the following data collection activities:

a. Conduct socio-demographic profiling/survey AMONG 10 (TEN) (with 5 males and 5

females) Grade 11 STUDENTS ONLY. Do this by supplying the socio-demographic
survey below.
b. For the method, you may do it either via mobile phone call or sms, online chat only.
NO FACE TO FACE survey.
c. Write or type all information gathered in a separate sheet of paper. Any paper will do
as long as it is clean and not crumpled.

Respondent 1 Socio-demographic characteristics:

1. Age:
2. Sex:
3. Strand:
4. No. of subjects during first semester:
5. Highest grade during first quarter of current school year and indicate in what subject:
6. Lowest grade during first quarter of current school year and indicate in what subject:

Do the same for Respondents 2 to 10

Be sure to finish this activity within the week and secure your own copy of the information
gathered because by next week you will learn how to make sense on some of the data you
have collected. Have a blast! And enjoy the rest of the week!

Note: Remember not to get out of your house. Just stay at home. Stay safe from Covid-19.

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English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Q2 Week No. 6 Assessment

Name ________________________________ Score __________

Grade & Section _______________________ Date ___________

Test I. Identification: Supply the correct term described or asked in each test item. Write your
answer in the space provided after each statement. Wrong spelling is wrong. (2pts each)

1. Data gathered from _________________ and _________________ can be analyzed in

many different ways.
2. _________________ are created by the researcher during the act of conducting a field
study to remember and record the behaviors, activities, events, and other features of an
observation.
3. _________________ are characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity, education level,
income, type of client, years of experience, location, etc.
4. _________________ are a modern and effective way to conduct surveys.
5. _________________ is a method that is more subjective, as it requires the researcher, or
observer, to add their judgment to the data.

Test II. Write True if the statement is correct and write False, if otherwise. Write your answer in
the space provided after each statement. Wrong spelling is wrong. (2pts each)

6. Field notes have two types, the Participant and Non-Participant. _________
7. Demographic profiling is done face to face only. _________
8. Observation also can be combined with additional information, such as video. _________
9. If one aims for a representative sample of a population, knowing the distribution of the
demographic characteristics of respondents will not do any help in determining how close
the sample replicates the population. _________
10. Data gathered from surveys are analyzed using narratives and thematic analyses. _______

Note: Remember not to get out of your house. Just stay at home. Stay safe from Covid-19.

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