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19 - Collecting Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2019

Joanna M. Setchell
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Durham University
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Data collection is fun and exciting. It can also be difficult and dull at times. Things don’t always go to plan (ask other researchers about projects that didn’t work – we all have plenty of examples). In this chapter, I cover the importance of monitoring the progress of your project, being flexible and open to opportunities, being prepared for the unforeseen, collecting data rigorously and systematically, keeping data and samples safe, and being considerate of other people.

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Studying Primates
How to Design, Conduct and Report Primatological Research
, pp. 241 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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19.9 Further Reading

Caro, TM, Roper, R, Young, M, Dank, GR. 1979. Inter-observer reliability. Behaviour 69: 303315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156853979X00520. How and why we measure inter-observer reliability. Focusses on measuring behaviour.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Holman, L, Head, ML, Lanfear, R, Jennions, MD. 2015. Evidence of experimental bias in the life sciences: Why we need blind data recording. PLOS Biology 13: e1002190. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002190. Shows that blind data collection is rare in the life sciences, provides evidence that this leads to bias, and proposes methods to address this.Google Scholar

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  • Collecting Data
  • Joanna M. Setchell, Durham University
  • Book: Studying Primates
  • Online publication: 19 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368513.020
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  • Collecting Data
  • Joanna M. Setchell, Durham University
  • Book: Studying Primates
  • Online publication: 19 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368513.020
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  • Collecting Data
  • Joanna M. Setchell, Durham University
  • Book: Studying Primates
  • Online publication: 19 September 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108368513.020
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