Research methods

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  • Created on: 15-09-21 09:13
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  • Research Methods
    • Qualitative  data -  non numerical values such as: text. video, photographs or audio recordings.
      • Case studies
      • Open ended questions
      • Unstructured interviews
      • very detailed
      • more reliable data
      • too much data/info to analyse
      • more time consuming
    • Quantitative data- data that be categorised by numerical values e.g. height, weight and time
      • Questionnaire
      • Experiments
      • Closed questions
      • easy to obeserve
      • quite restricted only uses number
      • efficient
      • risk of anomalies
    • Primary data- data that is collected first-hand -  yourself
      • reliable + valid
      • time consuming
    • Secondary data - data collected from other people
      • quicker to receive data
      • not reliable - people could lie

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