Types Of Data Flashcards

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What is primary data?

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Information collected by sociologists themselves for their own purposes

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What are the methods for collecting primary data?

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-social surveys
-participant observations
-experiments

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What are social surveys?

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Asking people questions in a written questionnaire or an interview

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What is participant observation?

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The sociologist joins in with the activities of the group he or she is studying

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What is secondary data?

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Information that has been collected or created by someone else for their own purposes, but which the sociologist can then use

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What are 2 sources of secondary data that sociologists can use?

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-official statistics
-documents

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What are official statistics?

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Produced by the government on a wide range of issues such as education,. Crime, divorce and unemployment as well as statistics produced by charities, businesses, churches and other organisations

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What are documents?

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Letters, emails,diaries, photographs, official reports, novels, newspapers, the internet and television broadcasts

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What is an advantage of using secondary data?

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Can be a quick and cheap way of doing research

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What is a disadvantage of using secondary data?

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Those who produce it may not be interested in the same questions as sociologists so secondary sources may not provide the information that sociologists need

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What is quantitative data?

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Information in a numerical form

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What is qualitative data?

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Words- gives a feel for what something is like

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