Different types of data and official statistics (2)

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Primary data

  • data collected by sociologists themselves, they only exist because the sociologist has collected them, first hand

  • e.g. social survey, questionnaires, participant observation

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Secondary data

  • data already exists and sociologists use it without collecting them themselves

  • e.g. letters, school reports, OFSTED reports, census

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Why are official statistics not useful from an interpretivist pov?

  • No detail, no reason, you can see the numbers but not the feelings, story behind it

  • For cases like sexual assaults, they aren’t always reported and official statistics won’t show that

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Disadvantages- Scott(1990)