Types of Data

    Cards (7)

    • Quantitative data 

      Numerical data that can be statistically analysed and converted easily into a graphical format
    • Qualitative data 

      This is non-numerical data that is language based and is collected through semi-structured or unstructured interviews and open questions
    • Is quantitative data objective or subjective
      objective
    • is qualitative data objective or subjective
      subjective
    • Primary data

      Data that has been collected for a specific reason and reported by the original researcher
    • Secondary data 

      Data that has been collected by other researchers for a purpose other than the investigation that is currently being used. It is data that already exists
    • Meta-analysis 

      A process where investigators combine findings from multiple studies on a specific set of information to then make an overall analysis of trends and patterns arising across the research