Types of data

Question 1

What is quantitative data?

Answer 1

Data that focuses on numbers and frequencies that can be outed (eg: questionairres, psycometric tests)

Question 2

What is qualitative data?

Answer 2

Data that describes meaning and experinces which is expressed in wors (interviews, case studies)

Question 3

What are some features of quantitative data?

Answer 3

Numerical data (numbers)
statistical analysis (dispersion/central tedency)
closed questions (yes or no, multiple choice)
frequencies (how much it occurs)

Question 4

What are some features of qualitative data?

Answer 4

Non numerical, descriptive data and can be expressed in words
finding out what ppl think/feel
collected in case studies, unstructured obersvations/interviews
open ended questions

Question 5

Strenghts of quantitative data?

Answer 5

Easy to anylyse and put on graphs to show comparisons.

statistics are usually less subjective than words and increases reliability

higher internal validity as data is less subjective, so they can be measuring what they wanna measure

Question 6

Weaknesses of quantitative data?

Answer 6

lacks depth and detail of qulatitative data

learn less about pariticpants thoughts

dosent reflect of compleciities of real world

Question 7

What are strenghts of qualitative data?

Answer 7

More depth and detail than quantitative data as participants fully express themself

research more insight- higher vailidty

external validity higher as real life insight

Question 8

Weaknesses of qualitative data?

Answer 8

difficult to anylyse as researher pay have pages to deal with

conclusions are subjective to researcher and can be biased

Question 9

What is primary data?

Answer 9

qualitative or quantitative
collected first hand by researcher
collected via any research method
original data collected for the specific aim

Question 10

what is secondary data?

Answer 10

data second hand collected from someone else and ur using it
it alr exists before ur investigation
aka looking in journals books and the web.

Question 11

what is strenghts of primary data?

Answer 11

suits the aim of the research as researcher knows what data they need

authetntic as comes first hand

source of data is known and credible

Question 12

weaknesses of primary data

Answer 12

takes more time an effort
costly and time consuming

Question 13

what are strneghts of secondary data?

Answer 13

easier to acess
less time consuming
data is alr checked before

Question 14

what are weakness of secondary data?

Answer 14

studies may not fit in with what researcher wants
may be out of date, or of poor wuality- can be a waste of time.