different types of data

Question 1

define primary data

Answer 1

Information that has been obtained first hand by the researcher for the purposes of a research project.

Question 2

define qualitative data

Answer 2

Information that is expressed in words and for numbers although qualtitative data can be converted to numbers for the purpose of analysis

Question 3

define quantitative data

Answer 3

Information that can be counted usually given in the form of numbers or tallies.

Question 4

define secondary data

Answer 4

Information that has been gathered by someone other than the researcher before the current investigation. Such second-hand data might include results from other psychological studies of official records such as government statistic s .