APPRAISAL OF DATA COLLECTION FOR SCIENTIFIC REPORT IN CHEMISTRY

  • OYEWOBI, AANU BOWEN UNIVERSITY
Keywords: include, Taylor-Powell and Steele, 1996, Hox and Boieje, 2005, Statistics Package for Social Scientists

Abstract

A scientific report is a document that describes the process, progress and/or result of a technical
or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem, which might also
include recommendation and conclusion of the research. One of the elements of a scientific
report is the results, and it consists of data. Collecting data is a major part of any evaluation
(Taylor-Powell and Steele, 1996). Before data collection, it is often necessary to check what
information is already available. In chemistry, data may be collected through experiments,
questionnaires or participant observations (Hox and Boieje, 2005). Methods of data collection
could be quantitative, qualitative or mixed method. Data could be primary or secondary. The
data collected should be as accurate as ever because they either form a baseline data or they are
compared with existing values. Statistical analysis of data is usually carried out using software
and training specialist statistics software such as SPSS (Statistics Package for Social Scientists).

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Author Biography

OYEWOBI, AANU, BOWEN UNIVERSITY

A TERM PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE, BOWEN UNIVERSITY, IWO, OSUN STATE.

Published
2016-04-30
How to Cite
AANU, O. (2016). APPRAISAL OF DATA COLLECTION FOR SCIENTIFIC REPORT IN CHEMISTRY. IJRDO-Journal of Applied Science, 2(4), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.53555/as.v2i4.1181