Types of data

Primary:

• collected by the researcher

• collected from the original source ie/ participants in experiment

Secondary:

• isn’t collected by the current researcher but by someone else

• data made available by original researcher

Qualitative vs Quantitative

Quantitative:

• data can be described numerically/quantitative amounts

→ easier to summarize and interpret information collected

Qualitative data:

• in form of descriptions, words and meanings

• characterises experiences as X or Y

• often collected as written or verbal statements from participants/observation from researcher