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WorksheetsSecondary Research Methods
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following is an example of secondary data
Questionnaires
Interviews
Statistics
Observations
Who prefers using statistics in research?
Positivists
Interpretivists
What type of data is the birth rate?
Hard data
Soft data
What type of data are the crime statistics?
Hard data
Soft data
Who analysed suicide statistics across European countries?
Weber
Durkheim
Marx
Becker
One strength of using statistics in research?
Valid
Verstehen
Operationalisation
Reliable
One weakness of using statistics
Time and cost
Operationalisation
Representative
Reliable
Which type of document is easily accessible?
Private
Personal
Public
Historical
One possible weakness of using personal documents
Valid
Verstehen
Artificial
Depth and detail
One example of a personal document that was artificial (fake)
Polish letters
Anne Frank's diary
Hitler's diary
Hey's classroom notes
What type of data does the process of content analysis create?
Quantitative data
Qualitative data
Who would prefer content analysis?
Positivism
Interpretivism
Who would prefer content analysis?
Positivism
Interpretivism
One strength of all secondary data
Time
Valid
Reliable
Representative
One weakness of all secondary data
Socially constructed
Representative
Reliability
Objectivity
Who conducted secondary research?
Patrick
Willis
McRobbie
Venkatesh
