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GCSE Sociology · key term
Numerical information produced by government departments or agencies, such as the Office for National Statistics.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Numerical information collected and published by government bodies or public agencies, such as divorce figures compiled by the Office for National Statistics.
Revise: DivorceRelevant official statistics often cover England and Wales, so their geographical limits must be kept clear.
Numerical information produced by public bodies, such as government departments, about matters including crime.
Compare perspectives directly: functionalists tend to trust official statistics, while Marxists question class bias and feminists question gender bias.
Do not assume that numerical data is representative, or that official statistics are automatically valid. Consider how the data was collected.
Do not assume official statistics are automatically accurate or unofficial sources are automatically biased: consider how and why the information was collected.
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Numerical information collected and published by government departments or agencies.
Numerical information produced by government bodies or other official organisations.
Component 1, Component 2
Numerical information produced by government bodies or other official organisations, such as police-recorded crime figures or UK Census statistics.
Revise: Primary and Secondary DataOfficial statistics, such as UK Census information or figures from the police, courts and hospitals.
Numerical information produced by government departments or other public bodies, such as published counts of police-recorded offences.
