Types of Data
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- Created on: 20-03-24 10:20
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- Types of Data
- Types of research
- social research can be conducted for a no. of purposes and can influence the choice of methods used
- some methods require the use of experiments to test a hypothesis (quantitative) while those used to develop new theories involve researchers observing social life (qualitative)
- methodology
- methods used by researchers to collect data
- quantitative data
- numerical form
- qualitative data
- any data that is not numerical
- primary sources
- can be qualitative or quantitative
- produced directly by a sociologist conducting research
- secondary sources
- data from someone else
- gov statistics for example
- methodological pluralism
- the use of a variety of methods and types of data in a single research study
- triangulation
- variety of methods and diff types of data to cross check the results gained by one method are valid and reliable
- Types of research
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