Team Scribere Genesis went to Municipal Health Office, Municipal Nutrition Office and PNP Los Baños to gather data on September 2, 2019. Charm, Eirine and I were from different province and we don’t have any idea where we should go. Were not familiar with the place so we asked the jeepney driver, “Kuya, madadaanan po ba ang health office?” We asked some residents for directions because we tried to take the shorcut to PNP Los Baños.
We used interview as our method of data gathering because it will give us detailed and accurate answers and also helps us to get the information immediately from the source. Based on our data gathering experience, here are some tips that can help you.
- Be prepared. You should know the place where you’ll gather data so that you won’t get lost along the way, finalize the questions before conducting the interview and plan on how to ask those. Bring a recorder, a pen and notebook to take note of the information you need.
- Be sure that you have a letter with you. You should prepare a letter signed by the adviser before heading to the place. They may not give you the data you need if don’t have one. We had a hard time getting the public information from the PNP because they need a letter. They gave the data after we explained that we need it for our activity and it’s public information.
- Smile. Before going inside the office, smile even though they’re not smiling at you and they might get mad because you went without a letter.
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