secondary sources of data

Question 1

what is primary data

Answer 1

collected first hand

Question 2

examples of primary data (2)

Answer 2

structured interviews /participant observation

Question 3

what is secondary data (2)

Answer 3

collected and put together by others

Question 4

examples of secondary data (2)

Answer 4

official statistics/mass-media reports

Question 5

what are opinion polls (3)

Answer 5

useful source of secondary data, type of survey with fixed choice of questions- e.g opinion poll finding s on political issues before general election

Question 6

what is quantitative secondary data

Answer 6

statstic information

Question 7

EXamples of quantitative secondary data (“)

Answer 7

official stats: rates of marriage and divorce

Question 8

what is qualitative secondary data

Answer 8

visual or verbal form

Question 9

example of qualitative secondary data (14)

Answer 9

newspaper ad magazine articles, TVdocumentaries,diaries,letters,nots,memos,emails,photographs,school inspection reports, college prospectuses , internet websites, novels and autobiographies

Question 10

advantages of official stats (5)

Answer 10

cheap,
easy to access
broad
one of the few sources of data on a topic
look at trends over time
used with other sources of data to get a fuller pic: e.g official stats on gcses plus classroom obs

Question 11

disadvantages of official stats (3)

Answer 11

sociologists have little say
cannot check validity
socially constructed- outcome of decisions e.g victims choices on whether or not to report violent incidents