secondary data

Question 1

Official statistics

Answer 1

The numerical data collected by the government, or state agencies such as the Home office. The they usually gathered through surveys E.g The venus

Question 2

Non-official statistics

Answer 2

The numerical stats collected by non-government sourced eng trade unions, employers and charities

Question 3

advantages of these statistics

Answer 3

• Large/representative samples are usally gathered using surveys so can be generalised
• Less time consuming and cheaper than other methods and are easily available on the internet for free
• Avoids ethical issues

Question 4

Why is these type of statistics favoured by?

Answer 4

positivists (theoretical)
- They’re highly reliable and scientific as trainer staff who use objective, standardised categories and collection techniques follow up scientific procedures

• The quantitative data can be used to establish correlation ms between possible variables