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What are secondary sources in sociology?
Data collected by other
sociologists
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Why are secondary sources considered cheaper for researchers?
They have
readily available
data
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How can researchers use secondary sources effectively?
By easily
triangulating
information
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What is a benefit of secondary sources regarding data accessibility?
They
provide
easily accessible data
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How can secondary sources help researchers observe social changes?
They show changes over the
years
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What types of information can secondary sources provide?
Examples
of good practice and misconduct
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Why is it important to critically review secondary sources?
They may lack
objectivity
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What can be biased even among official statistics?
Government
statistics
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Why might governments manipulate data?
To serve their political
agendas
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What is the role of surveys conducted by mass media?
They might show a
manipulated
reality
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What is official statistics data collected by?
The
Office for National Statistics
(
ONS
)
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What do official statistics depict?
Changes in
population
,
marriages
, and crimes
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How
often
is the census conducted?
Every ten years
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What does demography study?
The
population
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What is the purpose of the Crime Survey for England & Wales (CSEW)?
To collect data on
people's
crime
experiences
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How does CSEW differ from official crime statistics?
CSEW includes
unreported
crimes
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What do historical documents help depict?
Changes in
marriage
and family types
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Where are historical documents more widely found?
Local church records
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When is raw census data released?
100
years after recording
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What are life histories in sociological research?
Letters
and
diaries
with personal accounts
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How did Young and Wilmott use life histories in their study?
They used
diary notes
from participants
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What types of media can be valuable sources of data?
Radio
,
TV broadcasts
,
magazines
, newspapers
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How can content analysis of media be useful for sociologists?
It provides
up-to-date
data
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