secondary data

Question 1

secondary data definition

Answer 1

data that the researcher did not generate themselves

Question 2

advantages of secondary data

Answer 2

cheap and plentiful

easy to access

can provide historical and/or comparative dimensions

Question 3

disadvantages of secondary data

Answer 3

may not record the information the researcher wants

may not be accurate

may be out of date

Question 4

examples of secondary data

Answer 4

official statistics, diaries, newspapers, studies conducted by other sociologists