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Data sources and measurement scales
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Data sources and measurement scales
Sources
Primary
Collected by researchers
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Eg interview, observation, action research, case studies, life histories, questionnaires, ethnographic research, longitudinal studies
Secondary
Data that already exists
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Eg Previous research, Official statistics, Mass media products, Diaries, Letters, Government reports, Web information, Historical data and information
Measurement Scales
Nominal
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Name - Eg Gender M or F
Ordinal
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Order, measurements of non-numeric concepts - Eg satisfaction, happiness etc
Interval
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Know differences between each value - Space between - Eg weight, temperature. No such thing as zero temperature
Ratio
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Tells us order, exact value between units and has absolute zero - Eg height, weight.
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