💻
Secondary Sources —
Research Methods
The main sources of secondary data:
Official statistics
Documents
Examining the strengths and limitations of these two sources of secondary
data of sociological research.
Official Statistics
They are quantitative data gathered by the government.
Quantitative: Quantity of something rather than the quality or official bodies.
These include statistics of:
Births
Deaths
Secondary Sources — Research Methods 1
, Marriages
Divorces
Exam Results
School Exclusions
Crime
Suicide
Unemployment
And Health
They collect them for official statics to use in policy-making.
For example, statistics on births help the government to plan the
number of school places for the future.
Exam results are used to measure the effectiveness of schools and colleges.
Two ways in collecting official statistics:
Registration — The law requires to register births.
Official Surveys —like the Census Or the general household survey
Both advantages and the disadvantages of official
statistics
They are not collected by sociologists but by official agencies for their own
particular purposes.
may not always be the same as those of the sociologists.
Secondary Sources — Research Methods 2
Secondary Sources —
Research Methods
The main sources of secondary data:
Official statistics
Documents
Examining the strengths and limitations of these two sources of secondary
data of sociological research.
Official Statistics
They are quantitative data gathered by the government.
Quantitative: Quantity of something rather than the quality or official bodies.
These include statistics of:
Births
Deaths
Secondary Sources — Research Methods 1
, Marriages
Divorces
Exam Results
School Exclusions
Crime
Suicide
Unemployment
And Health
They collect them for official statics to use in policy-making.
For example, statistics on births help the government to plan the
number of school places for the future.
Exam results are used to measure the effectiveness of schools and colleges.
Two ways in collecting official statistics:
Registration — The law requires to register births.
Official Surveys —like the Census Or the general household survey
Both advantages and the disadvantages of official
statistics
They are not collected by sociologists but by official agencies for their own
particular purposes.
may not always be the same as those of the sociologists.
Secondary Sources — Research Methods 2
