Sociology A-Level
Secondary data
What Secondary data means in Sociology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Pre-existing data, such as official statistics, that already exists rather than being collected by the researcher.
Existing information relied on, including documents and official statistics like government crime rates.
Pre-existing information collected by someone else, such as government statistics or media reports.
Existing information that was collected by someone else for their own purposes.
Topics that use Secondary data
- Subject Content – A-level: Core themes - 4.1.3 Theory and Methods (AQA A-Level)
- Subject Content – A-level: Core themes - 4.3.2 Theory and Methods (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Methodological Pluralism
- Positivism and Interpretivism
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Quantitative data
- Conflict theories
- Falsification and Verification
- Identity
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