Types of data
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- Created on: 05-03-14 11:43
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- types of data
- primary data
- information collected by the sociologist for their own purposes
- quantitative date such as structured interviews and questionaires
- specific to your needs
- time consuming
- qualititative data such as unstructured interviews and observations
- Quantitative data
- data in the form of numbers and statistics
- Qualititative data
- data in the form of written analysis and description
- secondary data
- Quantitative data such as statistics
- data may not be reliable or relevant
- less time consuming and easy to get the information
- information collected or created by someone else for their own purposes
- qualitative data such as letters, newspapers and articles
- primary data
- secondary data
- Quantitative data such as statistics
- data may not be reliable or relevant
- less time consuming and easy to get the information
- information collected or created by someone else for their own purposes
- qualitative data such as letters, newspapers and articles
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