Official Statistics
Assessing Official Statistics as a research method using PERVERT
- Created by: Gabzay
- Created on: 22-04-13 21:00
View mindmap
- Official Statistics
- Example
- Official National Statistics
- Exam results e.g. GCSEs
- League tables
- Ethical Issues
- Very few
- No contact with sample
- Reliability
- High
- Replicable
- Practical Issues
- Easy to access
- Quick
- Cheap
- Validity
- Dark figure e.g. **** is under-represented
- Political bias - government changes figures to make it look bettern
- Can be said to be a valid source
- Low in validity
- Representative
- Large geographical area
- Large research population
- Can make comparisons
- Can generalise
- Can see trends
- Theoretical
- Positivists
- Quantitative
- Example
Comments
No comments have yet been made