(F) Primary and secondary data Flashcards
1
Q
What is primary data?
A
data collected by yourself
2
Q
What is secondary data?
A
data collected from other sources or people
3
Q
What are the advantages of secondary data?
A
- saves time and money
- collects data you can’t yourself
- lots of available information
- can be more accurate
- provides extra background information
4
Q
What are the advantages of primary data?
A
- can collect specific data
- greater control
- know how it was collected
- more reliable
- you own it
5
Q
What are the disadvantages of secondary data?
A
- may be inaccurate/outdated/incomplete
- may be biased
- don’t know how it was collected
- can be expensive
- difficult to find
6
Q
What are the disadvantages of primary data?
A
- may not be accurate
- takes time to collect
- one off data not collected over a period of time
- may not have the right equipment or skills to collect it
7
Q
What primary data did we collect?
A
- bi polar survey
- questionairre
- environmental quality survey
- field sketch/annotated photos
- likert survey
8
Q
What secondary data did we collect?
A
- newspaper articles
- crowdsourcing
- land use map
- flood warning data
