data collection instrument
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdata,collectionandinstrument
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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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The first group consisted of 15 students, 5 from each level, who completed the preliminary questionnaire used in developing the datacollectioninstrumentemployed in the study (described below).
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A revised datacollectioninstrumentalong with training of physicians and public health employees would achieve that goal.
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The datacollectioninstrumentincluded questions on demographic and household characteristics.
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If the social support measure is only one of a number of measures contained within a datacollectioninstrument, the length of the scale is an important consideration.
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Demographic, clinical, laboratory, and outcome data were abstracted from medical records using a standardized datacollectioninstrument.
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Unlike other data collection instruments in health services research, costing resource tools have not been systematically developed or rigorously evaluated.
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Moreover, several chapters fail to supply sample material such as data collection instruments and language data.
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The second part provides the background of the project and describes the 52 participants, the data collection instruments, and the procedures.
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The study was designed as a qualitative survey and involved three data collection instruments.
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Members of pharmacy staff (usually the pharmacist) were involved in the design and piloting of data collection instruments.
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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.
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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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