Data Collection

"Data Collection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.

Descriptor ID	D003625
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308 L01.280 N05.715.360.300 N06.850.520.308
Concept/Terms	Data Collection Data Collection Collection, Data Nonrespondents Nonrespondents Nonrespondent Randomized Response Technique Randomized Response Technique Randomized Response Techniques Response Technique, Randomized Response Techniques, Randomized Technique, Randomized Response Techniques, Randomized Response Randomized Response Technic Randomized Response Technics Response Technic, Randomized Response Technics, Randomized Technic, Randomized Response Technics, Randomized Response Repeated Rounds of Survey Repeated Rounds of Survey Respondents Respondents Respondent Survey Methods Survey Methods Method, Survey Methods, Survey Survey Method Survey Methodology Methodology, Survey Data Sources Data Sources Data Source Source, Data Sources, Data Baseline Survey Baseline Survey Baseline Surveys Survey, Baseline Surveys, Baseline Community Surveys Community Surveys Community Survey Survey, Community Surveys, Community Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys Contraceptive Prevalence Survey Survey, Contraceptive Prevalence Surveys, Contraceptive Prevalence Data Aggregation Data Aggregation Aggregation, Data Data Linkage Data Linkage Data Linkages Linkage, Data Linkages, Data Dual Data Collection Dual Data Collection Collection, Dual Data Surveys Surveys Survey

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Data Collection".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Information Science [L]
Information Science [L01]
Data Collection [L01.280]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Data Collection".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Data Collection".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Data Collection" by people in this website by year, and whether "Data Collection" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 142 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 12 publications in 2006 and 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	2	2
1996	0	2	2
1997	1	0	1
1998	0	1	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	6	6
2003	1	6	7
2004	0	8	8
2005	1	4	5
2006	2	10	12
2007	0	8	8
2008	2	7	9
2009	1	6	7
2010	1	10	11
2011	2	9	11
2012	1	8	9
2013	2	6	8
2014	0	12	12
2015	3	3	6
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	2	3
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	2	2
2021	1	1	2
2022	0	2	2

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