Lecture Research methods - Chapter 6: Data sources and methods of data collection

Lecture Research methods - Chapter 6 presents the following content: Secondary data sources; types of secondary data; locating secondary data; advantages and disadvantages of secondary data and evaluating secondary data; collecting primary data through observations; participant observation and structured observation; collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews; collecting primary data using questionnaires. | Data Sources and Methods of Data Collection Samuel K. Frimpong (.) Outline presentation Secondary Data Sources; types of secondary data; locating secondary data; advantages and disadvantages of secondary data and evaluating secondary data Collecting primary data through observations; participant observation and structured observation Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews Collecting primary data using questionnaires Types of data Primary data refers to data that is freshly collected for achieving the purpose of the current study while Secondary Data refers to data which was originally collected for a different purpose but it is being used for another purpose. Choice of data type The decision to use Primary or secondary data may be based on: Availability Accessibility Suitability Adequacy Cost and benefits What is secondary data? Data that have already been collected for some other purpose Both raw data and published summaries. payroll . | Data Sources and Methods of Data Collection Samuel K. Frimpong (.) Outline presentation Secondary Data Sources; types of secondary data; locating secondary data; advantages and disadvantages of secondary data and evaluating secondary data Collecting primary data through observations; participant observation and structured observation Collecting primary data using semi-structured, in-depth and group interviews Collecting primary data using questionnaires Types of data Primary data refers to data that is freshly collected for achieving the purpose of the current study while Secondary Data refers to data which was originally collected for a different purpose but it is being used for another purpose. Choice of data type The decision to use Primary or secondary data may be based on: Availability Accessibility Suitability Adequacy Cost and benefits What is secondary data? Data that have already been collected for some other purpose Both raw data and published summaries. payroll details, copies of letters, minutes of meetings and accounts of sales of goods or services Secondary data could be both quantitative and qualitative data Examples? It could be raw data, where there has been little if any processing, or compiled data that have received some form of selection or summarising Types of secondary data Documentary data Survey-based data Data compiled from multiple sources Documentary secondary data Documentary secondary data include Written materials such as notices Correspondence (including emails) Minutes of meetings Reports to shareholders Diaries Transcripts of speeches and administrative and public records It can also include books, journal and magazine articles and newspapers. Documentary secondary data also include non-written materials such as voice and video recordings, pictures, drawings, films and television programmes Survey-based secondary data Survey-based secondary data refers to data collected using a survey strategy, usually by questionnaires that

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