Data Collection Ethics Planning

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📊 Part 1: Planning Your Data Collection

1. You want to investigate: "Do Year 11 students prefer online or in-person learning?" Who should be in your sample?

All students in New Zealand

Only Year 11 students at your school

Teachers and students

Year 11 students from multiple schools

2. What ethical considerations must you include? (Check all that apply)

Get informed consent from participants

Keep responses confidential

Share individual responses with teachers

Respect data as taonga (treasure)

3. Which sample size would give you more reliable results about Year 11 students?

10 students

100 students

5 students

Sample size doesn't matter

4. Explain why treating data as taonga is important in New Zealand:

🔍 Part 2: Data Quality and Ethics

5. You're collecting data on "student height". What could affect data quality?

Some students measure in centimetres, others in metres

Students measure with and without shoes

Different measuring devices are used

All measurements taken at the same time of day

6. Complete this ethical data handling checklist for your investigation:

Before collecting data, I will:

• Explain the purpose: _________________________________

• Get permission from: _______________________________

• Ensure participants know: ___________________________

During data collection, I will:

• Protect privacy by: _________________________________

• Store data securely by: _____________________________

7. A secondary dataset shows "NZ teenagers' phone usage from 2020". List three questions you should ask about this data:

8. Why is a larger sample size generally better for making decisions about a population?

Data Collection Ethics Planning

Data Collection Ethics Planning

📊 Part 1: Planning Your Data Collection

🔍 Part 2: Data Quality and Ethics

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