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Data collection

Data collection           Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on targeted variables in an established system, which then enables one to answer relevant questions and evaluate outcomes. Data collection is a research component in all study fields, including physical and social sciences, humanities, and business. While methods vary by discipline, the emphasis on ensuring accurate and honest collection remains the same. The goal for all data collection is to capture quality evidence that allows analysis to lead to the formulation of convincing and credible answers to the questions that have been posed. Data collection and validation consists of four steps when it involves taking a census and seven steps when it involves sampling. Regardless of the field of study or preference for defining data ( quantitative or qualitative ), accurate data collection is essential to maintain research integrity. The selection of appropriate data collection instruments (ex

WHAT IS LANGUAGE

                                                                        WHAT IS LANGUAGE  Origin of language:       The origin of language, spoken and written, its relationship with human evolution and its results have been studied by scholars for centuries. Some people argue that the origins of language probably relate closely to the origins of modern human behavior. Many others do not agree various theories have been popular about the origin of languages.       However there is no general agreement Since the early 1990 s many linguist, Archaeologists, psychologists and Anthropologists, have tired to study the origin of language using modern methods. The following quotations from Charles Darwin 1871, shows some early speculations about the origin of language,                 “I cannot doubt that language owes its origin to the imitation and modification, aided by signs and gestures of various natural sounds, the voices of other animals and man’s own instinctive cries”-         Charle