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What is the difference between primary and secondary data?

A
  • Primary: always qualitative data collected by the researcher.
  • Secondary: always quantitative data re-used for research.
B
  • Primary: collected directly by the researcher for the specific study.
  • Secondary: pre-existing data re-used for research.
C
  • Primary: collected from pre-existing sources for the specific study.
  • Secondary: collected directly by the researcher from participants.
D
  • Primary: collected only through controlled laboratory experiments.
  • Secondary: collected only through naturalistic field studies.

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Data handling and analysis Flashcards

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Data handling and analysis

24 flashcards on AQA A Level Psychology Data handling and analysis: the key terms, definitions and case studies you need to recall for Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3.

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