Data
- Created by: mollyb
- Created on: 13-06-13 20:07
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- Data
- Primary Data
- Unprocessed information which means information collected through fieldwork investigation or material derived from other sources that has not been analysed or interpreted
- Advantages
- Real on that day
- located in your chosen area
- you know how it was collected
- Disadvantages
- may not be accurate in collection or recording
- once off data
- Secondary Data
- Information which is derived from published documentary sources that has been analysed and/or interpreted, such as processed census
- Advantages
- accurate, often larger sample or repeated
- may give the average or norm
- Disadvantages
- may be biased
- may be out of date
- don't know how it was collected
- may not be exactly the same units or areas as yours
- Primary Data
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