primary v secondary data

Question 1

primary data

Answer 1

information which sociologists have collected themselves

Question 2

secondary data

Answer 2

data that already exists which maybe used by the researcher, such as exam results data

Question 3

primary data advantages

Answer 3

• researcher can collect data they want and how they want to
• up to date

Question 4

primary data disadvantages

Answer 4

• expensive and time consuming
• may not be able to access groups you want to
• time consuming

Question 5

secondary data advantages

Answer 5

• cheap and plentiful
• easy to access
• can provide historical and / or comparative dimensions

Question 6

secondary disadvantages

Answer 6

• may not record the information the researcher wants
• may not be accurate
• may be out of date