Outline and explain two practical advantages of using official statistics (10)

Question 1

Outline and explain two practical advantages of using official statistics (10) Th. Problem

Answer 1

There are a lot of documents available and it can time consuming to analyse them qualitatively

Question 2

Outline and explain one ethical and one practical problem of using documents (10) Analysis/ Development

Answer 2

• Taking news for example, there are thousands of news items published every day.
• You also need to distinguish between ‘real and ‘fake news’
• Also, in the postmodern age where fewer people get their news from mainstream news it is necessary to analyse a wide range of media content to get representatives, which makes this more difficult.

Question 3

Outline and explain one ethical and one practical problem of using documents (10) Evaluation

Answer 3

However, this has been made easier by computer assisted qualitative analysis

Question 4

Outline and explain one ethical and one practical problem of using documents (10)
2nd problem

Answer 4

With personal documents, gaining access might be a problem

Question 5

Outline and explain one ethical and one practical problem of using documents (10) (2) Analysis/ Development

Answer 5

• Personal diaries are one of the most authentic sources of information because people write them with no intention of them being seen.
• However, they may not be willing to show researchers the content because they say negative feelings about people close to them, which could harm them.

Question 6

Outline and explain one ethical and one practical problem of using documents (10) (2) Evaluation

Answer 6

Blogs would be easier to access but the problem is people will edit out much of what they feel because these are published