Qualitative Secondary Sources

Question 1

qualitative secondary sources - advantages

Answer 1

• valuable sources of information
• interpretivist gain insights into ideologies of those who produces sources
• asses peoples concerns/worries

Question 2

qualitative secondary sources - disadvantages

Answer 2

• authenticity; genuine/forgery
• credibility; believable, sincere, honest, biases, distortions, exaggerations by writers (reliable)
• representativeness; must represent those appeared at that time not partial biased account
• meaning of documents could change throughout years

Question 3

content analysis

Answer 3

produces primary qualitative data from studying qualitative secondary sources
create categories, go through material and record number of times an item appears

Question 4

content analysis - advantages

Answer 4

• relatively cheap
• no involvement that may affect results
• reliable

Question 5

content analysis - disadvantages

Answer 5

• categories dependent on how researchers interpret what they see
• interpretations may differ from each researcher