What are the four principal tasks of data collection? (Select the four that apply.)
a. Performing constant comparison for qualitative data
b. Maintaining research controls as indicated in the study design
c. Solving problems that threaten to disrupt the study
d. Cross-checking with the literature review
e. Collecting data in a consistent way
f. Staying with institutional review board permission
g. Selecting subjects
ANS: B, C, E, G
In both quantitative and qualitative research, the investigator performs four tasks during the process of data collection. These tasks are interrelated and occur concurrently rather than in sequence. The tasks are: (1) selecting subjects, (2) collecting data in a consistent way, (3) maintaining research controls as indicated in the study design, and (4) solving problems that threaten to disrupt the study.
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