Introduction to Running the Study

This module is broken into two sections related to data collection.

General Data Collection Overview

Our goals for this session are for you to:

• Identify the variables needed to answer your research questions
• Operationalize variable definitions and identify the type of measurement
• Identify data collection strategies to support your research design
• Plan for data management for your research design

Qualitative Data Collection Overview

Our goals for this session are for you to:

• Explain qualitative data collection techniques of participant observation, think-aloud, interviews, and surveys
• Identify when qualitative data collection techniques and methods would be useful to answer a research question

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