BMJ Open

‘The paper brochure is worth its weight in gold’: a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences and preferences for information delivery prior to elective ...

Objectives Older adults can have difficulties understanding and recalling information prior to hospitalisation for elective treatment. Limited research exists regarding how older adults perceive the ...
Case Western Reserve University

Data Collection

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information used for research. Collecting data is one of the most important steps in the research process, and is part of all disciplines ...
CNN

Dept. of Labor launches investigation into data collection process at BLS

The Department of Labor is initiating an investigation into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects and reports “closely watched economic data,” according to a letter the department’s Assistant ...
NBC News

Jobs data revisions are common. Here's how the process works.

President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, claiming that last week’s jobs report “was rigged” without providing any evidence. But former Labor Statistics ...
The New York Times

Cuts to Data Collection May Erode Reliability of Economic Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is reducing or ending the collection of data that is used to calculate the Consumer Price Index. By Ben Casselman Federal Reserve policymakers have stressed that their ...
Cochrane

How accurate are different types of sample collection for diagnosing COVID-19 infection?

• When used with RT-PCR tests (a molecular test that detects genetic material in COVID-19 using a technique called reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction), self-collected gargle and deep ...
Reuters

US Labor Department reducing CPI collection sample amid hiring freeze

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department's economic statistics arm said on Wednesday it was reducing the Consumer Price Index collection sample in areas across the country due to ...
The New York Times

U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data

The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system. By Ben Casselman The Bureau of ...
NPR

Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims over user data collection

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected users' data without permission, the state's attorney general announced Friday. Attorney General Ken Paxton described the ...
Edutopia

6 Ways Data Can Guide Learning

A few years back, one of us sat in a school district meeting where administrators and educators talked about the latest student achievement results. The news was not good. Students’ test scores hadn’t ...
ABC7

23andMe bankruptcy: How to delete your data, destroy your genetic samples

SAN FRANCISCO -- DNA genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and will eventually have to sell its assets to pay its creditors. If you are one of the over 15 million people who have ...