Sociology 2206A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Content Analysis, Official Statistics, Statistical Inference
3 Apr 2018
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Secondary analysis: secondary analysis is a special case of utilizing existing statistics that reanalyzes previously collected survey or other data originally gathered by others. Wednesday, march 7th 2018: example: if we want to know how to improve conditions of people, we need to collect data. Locating data: data archive = bank of information, a large amount of information exists in governmental agencies, intentional organizations, and private sources. Many documents are free and publicly available, others may be borrowed temporarily or purchased: private source = large corporation [ insurance companies] Data is usually not current: example: census collects data every 10 years. Students at uwo have access to their data. Information has to be assessed for its credibility and validity. Wednesday, march 7th 2018: peer reviewed research, data from government and nongovernment agencies and international organizations presented in tabular from together with visuals.
