Electronic Data Collection Methods

2007 ◽  
pp. 28-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Singh ◽  
S. Burgess
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Electronic Data Collection ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

This chapter discusses the application of new technologies to scholarly research. It highlights the process, benefits and challenges of online data collection and analysis with three case studies, the online survey method, online focus groups and email interviews. The online survey method is described as it was undertaken to collect and collate data for the evaluation of e-business in Australia. The online focus group research is described as it was applied to complete research on e-commerce with small business. The email interviews applied to collect information from a virtual community of global respondents to assess the impact of interaction between members on B2C e-commerce. The research process, its advantages and disadvantages are elaborated for all three e-research methods.

Producing Pathways to Proficient Pronunciation with Learner-Designed Pronunciation Stations

2014 ◽  
pp. 231-262
Author(s):  
James M. Perren
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Student Responsibility ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Poststructural Theory ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Technology Resources

The chapter reports on a study examining learning stations designed by English as a second language students in order to improve pronunciation. This on-going Design-Based Research study focuses on promoting, sustaining, and understanding an educational innovation (Bell, 2004). The longitudinal study identifies favorable and unfavorable aspects of learner-designed pronunciation station teaching. Results extend previous iterations of data collection and analysis of student assignments with reference to technology resources and online survey results as part of strategic (re)designing of the activity. This pedagogy fosters student responsibility for learning and utilizing learning opportunities they create. Discussion is provided about how poststructural theory corresponds with design-based research as data collection and analysis methodology to illuminate discourses of autonomy as agency, motivation and investment, and resistance. Design-based research frames the postmodern and action oriented design based research goals of “examining the assumptions underlying contemporary educational programs and practices” (Reeves, McKenney, & Herrington, 2011, pp. 60-61).

scholarly journals Advanced UAV–WSN System for Intelligent Monitoring in Precision Agriculture

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Popescu ◽  
Florin Stoican ◽  
Grigore Stamatescu ◽  
Loretta Ichim ◽  
Cristian Dragana
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Processing ◽  
Precision Agriculture ◽  
High Performance ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Control Analysis ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Monitoring Point ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
In Situ Data

The growing need for food worldwide requires the development of a high-performance, high-productivity, and sustainable agriculture, which implies the introduction of new technologies into monitoring activities related to control and decision-making. In this regard, this paper presents a hierarchical structure based on the collaboration between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and federated wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for crop monitoring in precision agriculture. The integration of UAVs with intelligent, ground WSNs, and IoT proved to be a robust and efficient solution for data collection, control, analysis, and decisions in such specialized applications. Key advantages lay in online data collection and relaying to a central monitoring point, while effectively managing network load and latency through optimized UAV trajectories and in situ data processing. Two important aspects of the collaboration were considered: designing the UAV trajectories for efficient data collection and implementing effective data processing algorithms (consensus and symbolic aggregate approximation) at the network level for the transmission of the relevant data. The experiments were carried out at a Romanian research institute where different crops and methods are developed. The results demonstrate that the collaborative UAV–WSN–IoT approach increases the performances in both precision agriculture and ecological agriculture.

scholarly journals Can Search Engine Advertising Help Access Rare Samples?

2011 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Nunan ◽  
Simon Knox
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Internet Survey ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Consumer Responses ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
General Reliability ◽  
The Cost

In the last decade, there has been an explosion in the use of online survey tools. Online data collection tools have lowered the cost of data collection and removed barriers to entry for carrying out research. While a number of questions have been raised about the general reliability of internet survey research, one specific use of the web for survey work has been in reaching niche populations that are difficult to access using traditional survey tools – so-called ‘rare samples’. In this paper, we present an approach to accessing such hard-to-reach populations using search engine pay-per-click (PPC) advertising. We carried out a study that makes uses of PPC advertising on search engines as an alternative means of developing a sample for a hard-to-reach group of health consumers. Based on a sample of 466 consumer responses, we discuss the effectiveness of this technique for reaching such rare populations.

A Research Experience Collecting Data Online: Advantages and Barriers

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 266-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malena Jones
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Nurse Faculty ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Survey Response Rate ◽  
Data Collection Process ◽  
Online Data Collection ◽  
Survey Responses

This article details the use of an online survey tool to obtain information from nurse faculty, including the data collection process, the survey responses by nurse faculty, and the advantages and barriers of online data collection. The survey response rate indicates that online data collection is a valuable tool for nurse researchers.

Organizational Identity in Nonprofit Communication about Disability

2014 ◽  
pp. 358-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie C. Lellis
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Organizational Identities ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis

This chapter describes the research process used to uncover and describe the organizational identities of ten nonprofit organizations that serve persons with disabilities. Identities were measured by examining the values used in a variety of marketing and public relations materials. This chapter 1) describes how DICTION was selected as a viable option for data analysis, 2) reveals the process of augmenting and building upon a previously tested values instrument with custom dictionaries, and 3) explains how the results were interpreted and used to describe the organizational identities of ten nonprofit organizations. The challenges of data collection and analysis are discussed. Future directions for values-based research are proposed. Discussion relates the results to the challenges inherent in disability-related communication.

Differences in Approach to Building a Professional Career among Representatives of Generations BB, X, and Y

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Alicja Smolbik–Jęczmień
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The University

The article looks at the issue of different approaches to building a professional career among selected representatives of the Baby Boomer, X, and Y generations who graduated from the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Based on the study of literature that is available on the subject as well as empirical research, an attempt was made to identify basic expectations and attitudes towards work as exhibited by the examined graduates and to present recommendations for human resource management practitioners. The research was conducted in 2017 using the diagnostic survey method with an online survey questionnaire that was made available at the University of Economics. The results of the study indicate that there exist identifiable differences in approach to building a professional career that depend on generation association. Moreover, building what is known as cross–generational solidarity should be pursued in teams diversified in terms of age. This should be done with reference to various areas of the professional career—something respondents felt was missing. Representatives of the older generations, who hold valuable knowledge as well as experience and worldly wisdom, should act as mentors for younger coworkers. And vice versa, younger generations might assist their older colleagues in filling their competence gap in new technologies.

Online Data Collection and Analysis in Introductory Physics

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Nakamura ◽  
Sytil K. Murphy ◽  
Nasser M. Juma ◽  
N. Sanjay Rebello ◽  
Dean Zollman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Introductory Physics ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Online Data Collection

Mulligan Concept Use and Clinical Profile From the Perspective of American Certified Mulligan Practitioners

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
James May ◽  
Ryan Krzyzanowicz ◽  
Alan Nasypany ◽  
Russell Baker ◽  
Jeffrey Seegmiller
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Clinical Profile ◽  
Clinical Practices ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Mulligan Concept

Context:Although randomized controlled trials indicate that the Mulligan Concept (MC) of mobilization with movement can improve pain-free grip strength and pressure pain threshold in patients with lateral epicondylalgia of the elbow, improve ankle dorsiflexion in patients with subacute ankle sprains, and decrease the signs and symptoms of patients with cervicogenic headache, little is known about the clinical application, use, and profile of certified Mulligan practitioners (CMPs) in America.Objective:To better understand the use and value of applying the MC philosophy in clinical-care environments from the perspective of American CMPs while establishing a clinical profile of a CMP.Design:Quantitative descriptive design. Setting: Online survey instrument.Participants:American CMPs.Data Collection and Analysis:Online survey instrument.Results:CMPs use the MC to treat a broad spectrum of spinal and peripheral clinical pathologies in primarily outpatient clinics with an active and athletic population. American CMPs also find value in the MC.Conclusions:American CMPs continue to use and find value in the MC intervention strategy to treat a broad spectrum of spinal and peripheral conditions in their clinical practices.

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