WEEK 3 L6.1 rd- data

Question 1

types of data

Answer 1

1. primary vs. secondary
2. quanitative vs. qualitative (continum rather than a clear distinction)
3. data source: people (interview, survey, focus group) **vs. observation **(activities, field notes) **vs. documents **(text, audio) vs. secondary data (official statistics)

Question 2

types of data by source (3)

Answer 2

1. people: interviews, surveys, focus groups
2. observation: activities, roll call votes, field notes
3. documents: text, video, audio
4. secondary data: official statistics, ‘rating agencies’

Question 3

unit of analysis refers to…

Answer 3

the entity that’s studied (such as countries, individuals, conflicts, treaties, and policies)
* country => democracy => statistics
* individual => attitude => survey responses
* conflict => violence => ratings, statistics

Question 4

units of analysis fallacies

example

Answer 4

aggregate level- no direct link
percentage of immigrants, and crime rate percentage

individual level- link possible
percentage of criminal immigrants
percentage of crimninal natives

• one is tempted to draw conclusions from the community level- to the individual level- this can go very wrong

Question 5

ecological fallacy

unit of analysis fallacy

Answer 5

when characteristics of a population as a whole are attributed to groups within that population, without any real connection being demonstrated.
large unit => small unit
stereotypes based on ethnicity

Question 6

individualistic or exception fallacy

unit of analysis fallacy

Answer 6

making a conclusion about a group of people based on observatios of one individual
small unit => large unit