Data Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
What is primary data?
A
Information collected by sociologists themselves for their own purposes
2
Q
What are the advantages and disadvantages to primary data?
A
+ more reliable
+ collect exactly the right information
- biased
- time consuming which means it’s more expensive
3
Q
What is secondary data?
A
Information that’s been collected by somebody else but can be used by a sociologist for their own purposes
4
Q
What are the advantages and disadvantages of secondary data?
A
+ not as time consuming and expensive
+ quick&easy
- who collected the data may not have the same motives
- not as reliable
5
Q
What pieces of information do the government collect data on?
A
- taxes
- deaths
- marriage
- addresses
- immigration/emmegration
6
Q
what other organisations might collect ‘official statistics’?
A
- charities
- churches
- banks
