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Hey
She carried out study about the formation of schoolgirl friendships
Hey used notes that the girls had passed around to one another in lessons
These were taken from the bin after the lesson had ended
Hey also looked at the girls diaries and in order to collect this data she gained trust and friendship from the girls by swapping out on personal diaries with theirs.
Anne Frank
Secondary data to investigate the Holocaust
Historical and personal data
She was 13 when she started writing the diary and she died at the age of 15
This was to find a deep insight into how Jews were treated during the Nazi holocaust
Due to the diary being written from her perspective, a personal account
Public documents
These are produced by organisations, such as a government departments, charities businesses for sociologists to use
Examples could include the offset reports council meetings and a record of parliamentary debates