Official Statistics Flashcards
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Type of data
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Secondary, quantitative
2
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Practical
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Easy to access
Cheap, usually free
Work already done- don’t know how they were generated
3
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Ethical issues
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Data is pre-existing so none
4
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Theoretical
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Preferred by positivists due to their reliability and representativeness - social facts
- disliked by Marxists - complied by government to serve their interests
5
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Reliable/ valid
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Reliable but dk how data was collected
- not valid don’t reveal deep insight
- may reflect bias of those in power
6
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Representative
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Likely to involve a larger sample, sometimes the entire population eg. Census 2011
7
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Examples
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Hard statistics, birth rates, employment rate
Soft statistics - crime statistics
- Chubb and Moe - Policies, Markets and America’s school - analysing results of private vs state school in US
