primary data

Question 1

primary data definition

Answer 1

information which sociologists have collected themselves

Question 2

advantages of primary data

Answer 2

the researcher can collect the data they want

very up to date

Question 3

disadvantages of primary data

Answer 3

expensive and time consuming

may not be able to access the groups you want to

if a project takes a long time, findings may be out of date

Question 4

examples of primary data

Answer 4

questionnaires, interviews, observations and experiments