data collection instrument

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meanings of data, collectionand instrument

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data
noun[U, + sing/pl verb]
uk /ˈdeɪ.tə/ us /ˈdeɪ.t̬ə/
information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making, or information in an electronic form that can be stored and used by ...
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collection
noun
uk /kəˈlek.ʃən/ us /kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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instrument
noun[C]
uk /ˈɪn.strə.mənt/ us /ˈɪn.strə.mənt/
an object, such as a piano, guitar, or drum, that is played to produce ...
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Examples of data collection instrument

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The first group consisted of 15 students, 5 from each level, who completed the preliminary questionnaire used in developing the data collectioninstrument employed in the study (described below).
A revised data collectioninstrument along with training of physicians and public health employees would achieve that goal.
The data collectioninstrument included questions on demographic and household characteristics.
If the social support measure is only one of a number of measures contained within a data collectioninstrument, the length of the scale is an important consideration.
Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and outcome data were abstracted from medical records using a standardized data collectioninstrument.
Unlike other data collection instruments in health services research, costing resource tools have not been systematically developed or rigorously evaluated.
Moreover, several chapters fail to supply sample material such as data collection instruments and language data.
The second part provides the background of the project and describes the 52 participants, the data collection instruments, and the procedures.
The study was designed as a qualitative survey and involved three data collection instruments.
Members of pharmacy staff (usually the pharmacist) were involved in the design and piloting of data collection instruments.
Several groups of sub-degree students participated in the study, and the data collection instruments included an active and a passive vocabulary test as well as a questionnaire.
Both the selection of appropriate data collection instruments (existing, modified, or newly developed) and clearly delineated instructions for their correct use reduce the likelihood of errors occurring.
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