secondary data

Question 1

secondary data

Answer 1

data the sociologist hasn’t gathered themself, but that already exists

Question 2

advantages

Answer 2

quicker and cheaper than collecting primary data - Practical

can be used to support the sociologist’s primary data

Question 3

disadvantages

Answer 3

needs interpretation by the researcher - potential for bias

source may lack representativeness, credibility or authenticity

Question 4

Xavier Ramos

Answer 4

uses secondary data from the British Household Panel Survery (BPHS) to look at gender differentials in domestic work times

found that on average, women do almost 4x as much housework as their male partners - men averaging 5 1/2 hours a week and women averaging 19

Question 5

Phillipe Aries

Answer 5

bases his research off the interpretation of paintings

said that childhood was not seen as a seperate life stage until after the middle ages