Data collection on research

You decide to use a mixed-methods approach to collect both quantitative and qualitative data.
Based on the data you want to collect, decide which method is best suited for your research.
Experimental research is primarily a quantitative method.
Interviews, focus groups, and ethnographies are qualitative methods.

Data collection is the procedure of collecting, measuring and analyzing accurate insights for research using standard validated techniques.
A researcher can evaluate their hypothesis on the basis of collected data.
In most cases, data collection is the primary and most important step for research, irrespective of the field of research.

Secondary data collection methods offer a range of advantages such as:

1. saving time
2. effort and expenses

However they have a major disadvantage.
Specifically, secondary research does not make contribution to the expansion of the literature by producing fresh (new) data.
Primary data is the type of data that has not been around before.

The most common data collection methods for quantitative data are surveys and questionnaires, observations, structured interviews, experiments, etc.
Yet another approach is the mixed-method approach which uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative data.
Based on the collection process, data can be divided into primary and secondary.