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Primary vs Secondary Data

Primary:

  • Collected first hand by sociologists
  • Participant observation
  • Surveys
  • Experiments

Secondary:

  • Collected by other people/institutions/companies and used by sociologists for their own purpose.
  • Official statistics
  • School league tables
  • Personal documents
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