Types of Data Flashcards
1
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What is Primary Data?
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Information that has been obtained first hand by the researcher.
2
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What is Secondary Data?
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Information that has already been collected by somebody else.
3
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What is Mata-Analysis?
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The process of combining the findings from several studies on a particular topic.
4
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What is Effect Size?
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A measure of the strength or relationship between two variables.
5
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What is Publication Bias?
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The tendency for academic journals to publish only positive findings, or findings that agree with the existing theory.
6
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Give two pros and two cons
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