Types Of Data - Q,Q,p,s

Question 1

What is qualitative data?

Answer 1

Data hay is expressed in works and non-numberixal

Question 2

What is quantitative data?

Answer 2

Data that can be counted, usually given as numbers

Question 3

What are the strengths of qualitative data?

Answer 3

Produces rich detailed data
Gives participants scope to develop their thoughts, feelings and opinions
Has high external validity

Question 4

What are the limitations of qualitative data?

Answer 4

Difficult to analyse

Comparisons between groups may be difficult to identify

Question 5

What are the strengths of quantitative data?

Answer 5

• Simple to analyse and comparisons can be made between groups
• Objective and less open to bias
• Easy to replicate

Question 6

What are the limitations of quantitative data?

Answer 6

• Narrow in scope and meaning - may fail to represent real life
• Open to bias and subjective interpretation

Question 7

What is primary data?

Answer 7

Data which is the original data that has been collected by the researcher

Question 8

What forms of collecting data would be classed as primary data?

Answer 8

Conducting an experiment, questionnaire, interview or observation

Question 9

What is secondary data?

Answer 9

Data that has been collects by someone other than the person who is conducting in free research

Question 10

What are the strengths of primary data?

Answer 10

It is authentic and obtained for the purpose of a particular investigation - meaning the specifically target the information that the researcher requires

Question 11

What are the limitations of primary data?

Answer 11

It requires time and effort to collect, takes a lot longer; more effort, more money etc

Question 12

What are the strengths of secondary data?

Answer 12

• Inexpensive and easily accessed

- Desired information is often already available

Question 13

What are the limitations of secondary data?

Answer 13

• There may be a large variation in the quality and accuracy of secondary data
• Information may be incomplete/out of data
• The data might not fit the needs of the investigation

Question 14

What is a meta-analysis?

Answer 14

Refers to the process of combining results from a number of studies on a particular topic to provide an overall view

Question 15

What are the strengths of meta-analysis’?

Answer 15

It allows us I view data with much more confidence and results can be generalised across much larger populations

Question 16

What are the limitations of meta-analysis’?

Answer 16

They may be prone to publication bias - not all relevant sturdiest are selected - researcher may choose to leave out studies with negative or non-significant results

Meaning data may be biased because it only represents some of the relevant data and incorrect conclusions are drawn