primary and secondary data

Question 1

primary data

Answer 1

information collected (at the time of the study) directly by the researcher for the specific purpose of their investigation

Question 2

examples of primary data

Answer 2

• observations
• experiments

Question 3

observations

Answer 3

where researchers directly observe and record participants’ behaviour in a controlled setting or a real-world environment

Question 4

experiments

Answer 4

where participants are exposed to the manipulation of an iv and the researcher measures the impact on a dv

Question 5

secondary data

Answer 5

pre-existing information that already has been collected by someone else for a different purpose

• accessible
• can come in varied formats
• large scale datasets

Question 6

examples of secondary data

Answer 6

• historical data (e.g, medical records and historical documents)
• government data (e.g, demographics and health statistics)