Types/forms of data

Question 1

Primary Data

Answer 1

generated by researcher, not pre-existing…collected by sociologists themselves for their own purpose

Question 2

Secondary Data

Answer 2

already exists…information that has been already been collected or created

Question 3

Advantages of primary data

Answer 3

Gather precise information needed

Question 4

Disadvantage of primary data

Answer 4

Time consuming to collect data

Question 5

Advantages of secondary data

Answer 5

quick and cheap to collect as already exists

Question 6

Disadvantages of secondary data

Answer 6

doesn’t provide exact info sociologists may need

Question 7

Quantitative

Answer 7

Data in numbers. Measuring or quantifying things and creating numbers for statistical analysis-measure/numerical form

Question 8

Qualitative

Answer 8

Descriptive data, more depth-words/pictures etc. often describes peoples feelings/experiences