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GCSE Sociology · key term
Information already collected by someone else, which a researcher uses for a new investigation.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Existing information which a researcher uses, such as official statistics, documents or previous research.
Revise: Knowledge and UnderstandingPrimary data is collected for the researcher's own study; secondary data already exists. These are different distinctions: primary and secondary information can each be quantitative or qualitative.
Information already collected by someone else and then used by a researcher.
Identify primary or secondary data by how the researcher obtained it, not by whether it contains numbers or words.
Do not assume that primary data is always accurate or that secondary data is always biased. Explain the possible problem with the particular source.
When identifying primary or secondary data, explain who collected it and whether it was collected for the current research.
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Information that already exists and was previously collected by someone else, which a researcher uses in their study.
Information that already exists and was previously collected or produced by others.
Information already collected by someone else, such as published league tables, census information or existing school records.
Existing information collected by others and reused by a researcher, such as official statistics or earlier research.
Existing data originally collected by someone else.
Information already collected by someone else, which a researcher uses for a new investigation or analysis.
Component 1, Component 2
Information already collected by other researchers or organisations, used in a new investigation.
Existing information collected by someone else, usually for another purpose, which a researcher uses in their study.
Information that already exists and is used second-hand by a researcher, rather than collected first-hand for their current investigation.
Existing information that a researcher uses but did not originally collect themselves.
Information already collected by someone else, often for a different purpose.
Information already collected by someone else and subsequently used by a researcher.
