Types Of Quantitative Data Collection And Five Types For...

Data Analysis As noted in Table 1, there were four types of quantitative data collection and five types for qualitative data. Quantitative. The quantitative data from the population-sourcing databases was used to define the demographics and subgroups being studied. The PCA performed on the teacher questionnaires resulted in a list of effective teaching factors, which was divided by the subgroup and demographic data, though this list was not included in the study. The PCA results from the student surveys created another list of effective teaching factors, which were viewed as indicators of environment in the school and classroom. This data was then included in the mixed method analysis. The student survey analysis also resulted in the†¦show more content†¦Qualitative. Most of the qualitative data (i.e., observations and interviews) was entered into SPSS and coded using the NVivo software tool. For the interviews, the NVivo tool allowed researchers to perform PCA and identify themes and dimensions which the researchers stated they used for further investigation and analysis. For the observations, the ISTOF and QoT data was reduced using a factor analysis and a confirmatory factor analysis, then the results between the two tools were compared to identify the main factors of effective teaching. The article does not specify how data from the focus groups was captured, analyzed or utilized in the interpretation. Mixed method. The researchers used the combined ISTOF and QoT results to run a correlation analysis with the indicators identified from the student surveys. The article included a table listing the resulting six factors and the correlated indicators. This same table included three other statistical analyses as well, though the article did not explicitly state why these particular analyses were used nor interpret the meaning of these results. The NVivo tool allowed the researchers to combine analyses from the different data sets gathered, while also providing the ability to separate the results by various groupings such as the socioeconomic status of a school, teacher gender,