ABSTRACT
How do action researchers get the material for their reflections, their data? The chapters on the research notebook and on finding a starting point have already presented some methods of data collection. This chapter deals with it more systematically. We begin by discussing what data are and the relationship between data and the situations we want to research. The main body of the chapter is taken up with presenting various data collection methods. We end with discussion of criteria for judging the quality of action research.
