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data collection

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001712

Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001712
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoresearch methods; empirical research; data quality; focus groups
TranslationsSpanish: recolección de datos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001712",
  "term": "data collection",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "research methods",
    "empirical research",
    "data quality",
    "focus groups"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "recolección de datos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/data-collection/"
}

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