Data
- Created by: PsychoMunchkin
- Created on: 15-04-22 15:27
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- Descriptive Statistics
- Types of Data
- Quantitative
- data in the form of numbers (numerical data)
- Strengths
- see cause and effect
- easy to analyse (objective)
- reliability checks can happen
- Weaknesses
- can distort the truth
- easily biased
- no context
- Qualitative
- data in the form of words
- Strengths
- gives depth and context
- less biased
- more holistic
- Weaknesses
- hard to analyse (subjective)
- difficult to compare
- hard to replicate
- open to interpretation
- Primary
- data collected by the researcher themselves
- Strengths
- will fit the needs of the experiment
- Weaknesses
- time consuming
- costly
- Potentially biased
- Secondary
- data collected by someone else
- Strengths
- saves time and money
- Weaknesses
- may not be appropriate or fit the needs of the study
- Data may be misunderstood
- Quantitative
- Levels of Data
- Nominal
- data that is separated into categories
- Ordinal
- data is ordered in some way
- Interval
- data where the units of measurement are equal
- Nominal
- Types of Data
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