Obtain data vs Collect data
Dear forumers, please explain the difference between "obtain" and "collect" data:
1. Where are you going to obtain the data needed for your research?
2. How do you suppose to collect the necessary data?
Top answer
The words "obtain" and "collect" are very different. Did you make use of a dictionary to look the words up to be sure of their definitions? Obtaining is getting or acquiring.
- The words "obtain" and "collect" are very different.
- Did you make use of a dictionary to look the words up to be sure of their definitions?
- Obtaining is getting or acquiring.
- So the data has been gathered or collected already.
- You obtain the data from a chart or graph or article, something like that.
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The words "obtain" and "collect" are very different. Did you make use of a dictionary to look the words up to be sure of their definitions?
Obtaining is getting or acquiring. So the data has been gathered or collected already. You obtain the data from a chart or graph or article, something like that. Collecting the data means that you are putting the pieces together, gathering the inform
0Roman Makarov1. Where are you going to obtain the data needed for your research?
I will obtain it from John Hopkins University. They have been doing experiments and collecting data from other institutions for 40 years, so they are most comprehensive gold standard source for this type of data.
Roman Makarov2. How do
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