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Primary Data

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Primary data is collected by, or for, the person who is going to use it.

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Secondary Data

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Secondary data has been collected by someone else

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Advantages Primary Data

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  • Accuracy is known
  • Collection is known
  • Can find answers to specific questions
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Disadvantages Primary Data

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  • Time consuming

- Can be expensive

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Advantages Secondary Data

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  • Cheap
  • Quick
  • Can be reliable from Office of National Statistics, or sporting results pages
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Disadvantages Secondary Data

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  • Don’t know method of collection
  • May not be able to find answers to specific questions
  • Websites may be unreliable
  • May be out of date
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Qualitative Data

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Non numerical observation

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Quantitative Data

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Numerical observation

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Continuous Data

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Can take any numerical value on a scale

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Discrete Data

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Can only take particular values (eg. Shoe size, number of words typed per minute)

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Ordinal Data

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Data from a numerical rating scale

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Categorical Data

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Data which can be sorted into non overlapping categories/class intervals

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Bivariate Data

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Data which involves pairs of related data (each pair of data points refer to one item)

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Multivariate Data

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Data which involves three or more related data values. Each set of data values refers to one item

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Population

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Everything or everybody that could possibly be involved in an investigation

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Census

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A survey or investigation with data taken from every member of the population

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Sample

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Contains information about part of the population

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Census: Advantages

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  • Accurate

- Takes the whole population into account

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Census:

Disadvantages

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  • Time consuming
  • Expensive
  • Difficult to ensure the whole population is used
  • Lots of data to handle
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Sample: Advantages

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  • Cheaper than a census
  • Quicker than a census
  • Less data to handle
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Sample: Disadvantages

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-Not completely representative

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Bias

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  • If a sample is not representative of the population it is biased.
  • It could be selected unfairly.
  • It could be that the sample size is too small
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Sampling Frame

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A LIST OF all the people/things that we are selecting our sample from

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Sampling Unit

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The people/things that are being sampled

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Electoral Roll
A list of people who are eligible to vote in the UK. The easiest way to get a list of adults in a geographical area
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Petersen Capture-Recapture Formula
M/N=m/n M=total tagged at start N=population (unknown) m=number tagged in sample n=sample size
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Petersen Capture-Recapture Assumptions
- Population is closed (state specifics in context) - Tagging doesn't affect survival rate - Tags don't get lost/removed and are easily recognisable - The sample size is large enough to represent the population. - The probability of being caught is equal for all individuals in the population
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Random Sampling
In a random sample every member of the population has equal chance of being selected
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Random Sampling Advantages
- Provided it is large the sample is likely to be representative of the population. - Choice of members of sample is unbiased
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Random Sampling Disadvantages
- Needs a full list of the whole population | - Needs a large sample
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Methods of random sampling
Always number your sampling frame (1) Pull numbers from hat (2) Use RanInt function on your calculator (3) Use a random number table: select starting point on table randomly
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Opportunity Sampling
Use the people or things that are available at the time
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Quota Sampling
Group population by characteristics (eg gender/age) and then ask a specific number from each quota
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Judgement sampling
Use your judgement to select a sample that you think is representative
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Cluster Sampling
Population forms in natural groups. Your sampling frame is the list of clusters, random select clusters to sample
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Systematic Sampling
Pick a random starting point and then select every eg 10th item on your sampling frame. Need to number sampling frame
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What four things to comment on when non random sampling
- Bias - Cost - Time - Sample size
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Stratified sampling calculation
(Total in stratum / Total population) × sample size
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Pilot Survey - reasons
- To check the response rate - To check the questions make sense - To check you collect the data you are expecting
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Questionnaire key points
- Open questions - free written answers - Closed questions - multi choice or opinion scale (Must include "other" or "don't know") - Always include a timeframe (eg: yesterday, last week, last year etc) - Avoid questions where respondents would be tempted to lie. - Don't ask leading questions like "Don't you agree….?"
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Interview: Advantages
- High response rate - Can explain the questions - Can explain their answers - Can put people at ease
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Interview: Disadvantages
- Less honest for personal questions/trying to impress the interviewer - Time-consuming, therefore expensive - Bias in who the interviewer speaks to - Sample size is small
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Anonymous Questionnaire: Advantages
- Honest for personal questions - Quick, cheap - No interviewer bias - Sample size can be a large as you like
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Anonymous Questionnaire: Disadvantages
- Low response rate - May not understand the questions - May not understand the answers
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Reliable data
Data which can be replicated
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Valid data
Data which measures what you want it to measure
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Cleaning Data
The process of identifying gaps, anomalies or errors in the data. Usually done on Excel with "sort" and "find" function
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Extraneous variables
A variable you are not interested in that could affect your result
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Control group
Select two groups randomly. Give the control group no treatment. Give the test group treatment. Compare the results. (Often used for medical trials)
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Matched pairs
Two groups where each individual in one group is paired with an individual in the second group. They should have everything in common except the factor being studied.
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Hypothesis
An idea that can be tested by collecting and analysing data.

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