TYPES OF SECOUNDARY DATA
- 1. ◤ TYPES OF SECONDARY DATA
- 2. ◤ ● JOURNAL ● NEWSPAPER ● WEBSITES ● BLOGS ● DIARIES ● GOVERNMENT RECORDS ● PODCASTS ● CASE STUDIES ● CONTENT ANALYSIS ● STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ● LITERATURE REVIEW
- 3. ◤ JOURNAL Journals are gradually becoming more important than books these days when data collection is concerned. This is because journals are updated regularly with new publications on a periodic basis, therefore giving to date information
- 4. ◤ NEWSPAPER The information passed through a newspaper is usually very reliable.The kind of data commonly shared in newspapers is usually more political, economic, and educational than scientific. Therefore, newspapers may not be the best source for scientific data collection.
- 5. ◤ WEBSITES The information shared on websites is mostly not regulated and as such may not be trusted compared to other sources. However, there are some regulated websites that only share authentic data and can be trusted by researchers
- 6. ◤ BLOGS Blogs are one of the most common online sources for data and may even be less authentic than websites. These days, practically everyone owns a blog, and a lot of people use these blogs to drive traffic to their website or make money through paid ads.
- 7. ◤ DIARIES They are personal records and as such rarely used for data collection by researchers. Also, diaries are usually personal, except for these days when people now share public diaries containing specific events in their life.
- 8. ◤ GOVERNMENT RECORDS Government records are a very important and authentic source of secondary data. They contain information useful in marketing, management, humanities, and social science research. They are usually collected to aid proper planning, allocation of funds, and prioritizing of projects.
- 9. ◤ PODCASTS Podcasts are gradually becoming very common these days, and a lot of people listen to them as an alternative to radio. They are more or less like online radio stations and are generating increasing popularity
- 10. ◤ CASE STUDIES A case study is a detailed study of a specific subject. It is usually qualitative in nature and can focus on a person, group, place, event, organization, or phenomenon. A case study is a great way to utilize existing research to gain concrete, contextual, and in-depth knowledge about your real-world subject
- 11. ◤ You can choose to focus on just one complex case, exploring a single subject in great detail, or examine multiple cases if you’d prefer to compare different aspects of your topic.
- 12. ◤ CONTENT ANALYSIS Content analysis is a research method that studies patterns in recorded communication by utilizing existing texts. It can be either quantitative or qualitative in nature, depending on whether you choose to analyze countable or measurable patterns, or more interpretive ones. Content analysis is popular in communication studies, but it is also widely used in historical analysis, anthropology, and psychology to make more semantic qualitative inferences.
- 13. ◤ STATISTICAL ANALYSIS There is ample data available online from a variety of sources, often in the form of datasets. These datasets are often open-source or downloadable at a low cost, and are ideal for conducting statistical analyses such as hypothesis testing or regression analysis
- 14. ◤ LITERATURE REVIEW A literature review is a survey of preexisting scholarly sources on your topic. It provides an overview of current knowledge, allowing you to identify relevant themes, debates, and gaps in the research you analyze. You can later apply these to your own work, or use them as a jumping-off point to conduct primary research of your own.
- 15. ◤ Structured much like a regular academic paper (with a clear introduction, body, and conclusion), a literature review is a great way to evaluate the current state of research and demonstrate your knowledge of the scholarly debates around your topic.