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Chapter 12: How Can Researchers Learn from Information Collected by Others? Existing Data

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Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 1

1) Analysis conducted by researchers other than those who originally collected the data is called _________________.

Page reference: Introduction

a. Survey research

b. Existing data

c. Secondary data analysis

d. Unobtrusive measures

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 2

2) ______________ is data collected by a researcher or institution which is then made available to others to analyze.

Page reference: Introduction

a. Official statistics

b. Existing data

c. Secondary data analysis

d. Unobtrusive measures

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 3

3) Data compiled by or on behalf of state agencies in the course of conducting business is called ______________.

Page reference: Introduction

a. Official statistics

b. Existing data

c. Secondary data analysis

d. Unobtrusive measures

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 4

4) Researchers using existing data must ______________.

Page reference: Introduction

a. Assess the quality of the data and what the data consist of.

b. Explore the original research questions of the researchers who collected the data.

c. Engage in quantitative analysis.

d. Clearly define the measurement of the variables

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 5

5) The study design and method in which researchers collect data using questionnaires or structured interviews is known as ________________.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. Existing data analysis

b. Quantitative analysis

c. Survey research

d. Secondary data analysis

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 6

6) The General Social Survey started collected data in ______.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. 1900

b. 1945

c. 1972

d. 2012

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 7

7) Using GSS data, Glick and Golden found that the percentage of whites saying that homosexuality is always wrong __________ since the 1970s.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. Decreased

b. Increased

c. Remained unchanged

d. Slightly changed

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 8

8) Using GSS data, Schnabel found that the most religious women were ___________ and the most religious men were ___________.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. High earning; low earning

b. More conservative; less conservative

c. Low earning; high earning

d. Less satisfied with life; more satisfied with life

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 9

9) The Social Justice Sexuality Project contains data from over _________ LGTBQIA2S+ respondents of color.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. 250

b. 1400

c. 5000

d. 10,000

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10) Using SJS data, Stanton and team found that ________________________.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. People of color were more likely to be out than white people

b. People born as U.S. citizens were more likely to be out than those who are non-citizens.

c. Whites who are non-citizens were less likely to be out compared citizens of color.

d. There were no differences between whites and people of color when it came to coming out.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 11

11) The American National Election Studies data set consists of data from surveys conducted ______________.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. Before every presidential election

b. After every presidential election

c. Before every federal election

d. Before and after every presidential election

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 12

12) Using ANES data, Baumgartner and Lockerbie found that people watching late-night shows including satire had ___________ of voting than those watched less satirical shows.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. Lower levels

b. Equal levels

c. Higher levels

d. Moderate levels

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 13

13) How often is data collected via the U.S. Census?

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. Every ten years

b. Every year

c. Every five years

d. Every 1-5 years

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 14

14) Using the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys, Goosby and team found that _____________ youth were better able to cope with their parents’ expressions of stress than other Black ethnic groups.

Page reference: Large Survey as Existing Data

a. African American

b. Both African American and Black Caribbean

c. Black Caribbean

d. None of these

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 15

15) What data collection technique do NORC researchers use when gathering information for the GSS?

Page reference: Box 12.1

a. Face-to-face interviews

b. Questionnaire

c. Computer Assisted Interviews

d. Online survey

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 16

16) What is the sample size for the General Social Survey?

Page reference: Box 12.1

a. 60,000 households

b. Every U.S. household

c. 10,000 households

d. None of these

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 17

17) Where is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research housed?

Page reference: Accessing Data Sets for Secondary Analysis

a. University of Texas-Austin

b. University of Michigan

c. University of Minnesota

d. University of California at Berkeley

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 18

18) From how far back is IPUMS data available?

Page reference: Accessing Data Sets for Secondary Analysis

a. 1790

b. 1900

c. 1972

d. 2020

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 19

19) If someone in a sample refuses to participate in the study, cannot be contacted, or for some other reason doesn’t supply the required data, this is known as _______________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Large Survey Data

a. Response bias

b. Missing data

c. None of these

d. Non-response

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 20

20) Which of the following is not a benefit to engaging in secondary analysis using large survey data?

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Large Survey Data

a. High quality data

b. Data is inaccessible

c. Rigorous sampling procedures

d. Representative samples

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 21

21) Liévanos used 2000 U.S. Census and other data to study the unequal impact of health risks due to air toxicity. He found that ____________________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Large Survey Data

a. Economically deprived Latinx immigrants had the highest exposure to toxic environments

b. Economically deprived African Americans and low income, non-English speaking immigrants were most exposed to toxic air.

c. English speaking immigrants were more likely to be exposed to toxic air than non-English speaking immigrants.

d. Race did not impact exposure to toxic air.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 22

22) Which of the following is not a challenge of using large survey data for analysis?

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Large Survey Data

a. Data is complex

b. There are many variables included.

c. Researchers are confined to the ways the original researchers measured and coded the data.

d. Data are collected and presented at different levels.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 23

23) Which data collection methods did Shapiro utilize in his study of wealth and racial inequality?

Page reference: Mixed Methods in Action

a. Analysis of existing data

b. Face-to-face interviews and official documents

c. Content analysis and analysis of existing data

d. Analysis of existing data and interviews

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 24

24) Hicks and team used official statistics gathered from the NCSL to examine passages of laws. They found that Republicans influenced the passage of voter ID laws in _____________ states.

Page reference: Analysis of Official Statistics

a. Mostly white

b. Battleground

c. Red

d. Blue

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 25

25) Downey, Crowder, and Kemp found that black families lived in neighborhoods with _____% and Latinx with ____% higher pollution levels than White families.

Page reference: Analysis of Official Statistics

a. 74.5%; 56.9%

b. 56.9%; 74.5%

c. 50%; 25%

d. None of these

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 26

26) Downey and team concluded that ________ was more significant than __________ in its effect on the level of pollution experienced.

Page reference: Analysis of Official Statistics

a. Family structure; race

b. Neighborhood; race

c. Race; class

d. Race; family structure

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 27

27) The impact on research participants when they know they are being studied resulting in inauthentic behavior is called ______________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics

a. Interview effects

b. Validity

c. Response bias

d. Reactivity

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 28

28) Which of the following is not an advantage of using official statistics in secondary analysis?

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics

a. Data are on whole populations rather than samples.

b. Data is difficult to obtain

c. Reactivity is less pronounced.

d. Opportunity for longitudinal research

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 29

29) A disadvantage of using official statistics is that ____________________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics

a. Data are based on whole populations and not samples.

b. Government organizations compile data on the same measures over many years.

c. Official statistics are gathered for administrative purposes which may not align with research questions.

d. Data is available to the public

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 30

30) The degree to which a measure or concept is stable of consistent is known as ___________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics

Incorrect

a. Validity

b. Reliability

c. Reactivity

d. Response effects

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 31

31) When the definitions of how a measure is counted over time, ___________is jeopardized.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics -life communication

a. Accuracy

b. Reliability

c. Validity

d. Data

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 32

32) Though the FBI has collected data on police practices since 1930, it does not have a database of _______________.

Page reference: Box 12.3

a. The number of civilians shot and killed by officers

b. The number of law enforcement officers that are killed in the line of duty

c. The number of officers who die due to suicide

d. None of these

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 33

33) In 2015, the Washington Post recorded ___________ officer-involved killings as what the FBI reported.

Page reference: Box 12.3

a. An equal number of

b. Twice as many

c. Fewer

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 34

34) Black men were ________ percent of the unarmed men police shot to death in 2015, though they make up _______ percent of the overall U.S. population.

Page reference: Box 12.3

a. 15; 6

b. 40; 6

c. 55; 10

d. 74; 12

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 35

35) Which of the following was not a finding of Skiba and team in their research about racial disparities and school discipline?

Page reference: Methods in motion

a. African American students were significantly more likely to receive an office discipline referral.

b. Disparities in school punishment between White students and students of color begin in middle school.

c. African American and Latino students were more likely than Whites to receive a suspension or expulsion for minor and moderate infractions.

d. Latino and African American middle school students were more likely to receive an office discipline referral compared to White students.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 36

36) Yackee’s research focused on which government agency?

Page reference: Analysis of Government Documents

a. U.S. Department of Transportation

b. U.S. Department of Commerce

c. U.S. Department of Education

d. U.S. Census Bureau

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 37

37) Which is not a type of government documents used by Maril in his research on the negotiations done around the border wall?

Page reference: Analysis of Government Documents

a. Text of immigration legislation

b. Defense contractor’s testimony

c. Government budget documents

d. Emails from lawmakers

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 38

38) Which of the following is not an advantage of using government documents for secondary analysis?

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Government Documents

a. Opportunity for longitudinal analysis

b. Documents represent the official story

c. Can examine decision-making processes

d. Data is difficult to gather outside of the government context

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 39

39) Which of the following is not a disadvantage of using government documents for secondary analysis?

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Government Documents

a. The “official story” captured by the documents may not accurately reflect the reality.

b. Governmental processes may not always be captured in meeting transcripts.

c. Researchers can access documents using the Freedom of Information Act.

d. What is documented can change from administration to administration

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 40

40) Which of the following is an example of an oral history collection that can be used for secondary analysis?

Page reference: Analysis of Oral History Collections

a. All of these

b. ACT UP

c. Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations

d. Densho

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 41

41) Oral histories are different from interviews in that ______________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Oral Histories

a. Oral history topics stem from a research question.

b. Interviews are meant to capture someone’s life and experience within a historical moment.

c. Oral histories are in-depth picture of someone’s life and experiences.

d. Interviews captures more subjects with a broader focus.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 42

42) A limiting factor of using oral histories for secondary analysis is _____________.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Oral Histories

a. Privileged people are more likely to have their stories preserved.

b. It is risky for privileged people to share their stories.

c. They may be too in-depth with detail.

d. Oral histories are not focused on one topic.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 43

43) Which of the following is not an example of physical trace data?

Page reference: Box 12.4

a. Pathways in the grass at a park

b. Worn benches in a lounge

c. Signs covering a telephone pole

d. Social media likes

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 44

44) What type of content analysis did Leopold and Bell perform in their study of the Black Lives Matter movement?

Page reference: Analyzing Communication Using Qualitative Measurement and Coding

a. Qualitative

b. Quantitative

c. Visual

d. Both Qualitative and Quantitative

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 45

45) Large quantities of data collected by companies or institutions through digital means is called ________________.

Page reference: Analysis of Big Data

a. Digital life

b. Big data

c. Secondary data

d. Digital traces

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 46

46) What people “do” on their devises is known as _____________.

Page reference: Analysis of Big Data

a. Digital traces

b. Physical traces

c. Digital life

d. Digitized life

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 47

47) Parigi, Santana, and Cook used a method called _____________ to assess the underlying influences of and dynamics within social interactions.

Page reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Big Data

a. Online experiment

b. Data analysis

c. Digitized life

d. Online field experiments

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 48

48) Haney studied negative attitudes towards LGBTQIA2S+ in which two countries?

Page reference: Considerations When Conducting Secondary Analysis

a. Mexico and Sweden

b. Italy and the United States

c. United States and the Netherlands

d. Canada and the United States

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 49

49)

Which of the following is not a limitation of secondary analysis?

Page reference: Considerations When Conducting Secondary Analysis

a. No control over data quality

b. Lack of familiarity with data

c. Key variables missing

d. Analyzing data that is underanalyzed

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 50

50) Saving time and money, having more time for analysis, and the opportunity for cross-cultural or international analysis are all ____________ of secondary analysis.

Page reference: Considerations When Conducting Secondary Analysis

a. Advantages

b. Disadvantages

c. Challenges

d. Techniques

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 1

1) Secondary analysis can involve qualitative or quantitative methods.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12- Question 2

2) Researchers doing secondary analysis typically based their research questions on the original intent and topics those who collected the data.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 3

3) Because data has already been collected and reviewed by others in the original process, researchers do not need to worry about data quality for their secondary analysis.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 4

4) In order to use survey data collected by others, researchers have to be a part of the original research team.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 5

5) The General Social Survey has been collecting data since 1972.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 6

6) Using GSS data, Glick and Golden (2010) found that the proportion of African Americans who felt homosexuality was always wrong had decreased after the 1970s.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 7

7) The Social Justice Sexuality project includes over 5000 respondents of colour who identify as LGBTQIA2S+.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 8

8) Stanton, Rozas, and Asencio found that people who were not citizens were more likely to be out than naturalized citizens using SJS data.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 9

9) The American National Election Studies data comes from American voters and non-voters after elections.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10) Baumgartner and Lockerbie (2018) found that there was no difference in terms of voting between people who watched late-night shows featuring political satire (like The Daily Show) and those who watched less satirical late-night shows.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 11

11) Benegal found that people with the most racial resentment were the least likely to be believe climate change science.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 12

12) The Census Bureau only collects data from the nation’s population every ten years.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 13

13) The Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES) focuses on cultural and ethnic differences in mental disorders, psychological disorders, and services used.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 14

14) Goosby and team found, using CPES data, that African American children and Black Caribbean youth had strong self-esteem and similar abilities to cope with parental stress.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 15

15) Every two years, the General Social Survey uses a mailed questionnaire for data collection.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 16

16) The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is housed at the University of Texas.

a. True

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b. False

Section: Accessing Data Sets for Secondary Analysis

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 17

17) The Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA) archive is a collection of 250,000 research files.

a. True

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b. False

Section: Accessing Data Sets for Secondary Analysis

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 18

18) The Minnesota Research Data Center provides public access data, whereas IPUMS requires a proposal.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 19

19) An advantage of using large survey data for secondary analysis is that there is no issue with non-response bias.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 20

20) A challenge to using large surveys is that researchers are confined to the ways the original researchers measured and coded the data.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 21

21) An example of official statistics is the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 22

22) Official statistics have a larger issue of reactivity than data collected using a representative survey or interview.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 23

23) Official statistics can be misleading because the people included in the data have been chosen by the agencies compiling the statistics.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 24

24) A limitation of oral history data is that privileged people are more likely to have their story captured than those who are marginalized.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 12 Question 25

25) Big data can only be used in quantitative research.

a. True

b. False

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 1

1) What types of material do researchers examine using secondary analysis? What type of information do each of these different types of material offer to a researcher?

Feedback: Official records, survey data, government sources, previously collected qualitative data.

Section reference: Overview; Introduction

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 2

2) What are the benefits and limitations that researchers need to consider when using large survey data for secondary analysis?

Feedback: Advantages: high quality data, rigorous sampling, large and representative samples, less issue with non-response, national scope of survey, longitudinal research Disadvantages: Complex data, confined to measurement decisions of original researchers, hierarchical,

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Large Survey Data

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 3

3) What was the focus of Shapiro’s research and how did he go about studying it? Why was a mixed methods approach useful?

Feedback: Shapiro was studying relationship between wealth inequality and racial inequality. He used existing data that included lending data, economic data from Pew, and policy data from JCHS, as well as Census data. He also included interviews. The interview data helped shed light on people’s family history.

Section reference: Mixed Methods in Action

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 4

4) What are the benefits and limitations that researchers need to consider when using official statistics for secondary analysis?

Feedback: Advantages: Based on the whole population; overview of social life, compare people, groups, locations, and time periods; gain insights into institutions; publicly available; less issue with reactivity; longitudinal Disadvantages: statistics can be misleading; collected for official purposes and not research; undercount; limited by how issues are defined; reliability and validity issues; not all is public

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 5

5) Discuss the issue of undercount and/or the lack of data involving official statistics providing examples from the text.

Feedback: Some people may not be included in the data dependent on how the agency defines the criteria. BLM pointed out the lack of reliable data on officer-involved shootings.

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Official Statistics; Box 12.3

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 6

6) Discuss how researchers have used secondary analysis to understand the dynamics around student discipline.

Feedback: Skiba and team looked at racial disparities in nationwide school discipline practices by analysing 400 schools’ official documents.

Section reference: Methods in Motion

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 7

7) What are the benefits and limitations that researchers need to consider when using government documents for secondary analysis?

Feedback: Advantages: Longitudinal analysis, can compare government administrations, provides data that researchers could not get on their own, insight into official processes Disadvantages: “official story” may not accurately capture everything; some government processes are not captured; documents can shift based on government policies; documents may not be available

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Government Documents

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 8

8) Discuss how Maril (2012) used government documents to study the construction of walls at the US-Mexico border.

Feedback: Maril used multiple forms of data focusing on the negotiations between government and private contractors to develop a militarized zone at the boarder and the decision making process.

Section reference: Analysis of Government Documents

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 9

9) What are the benefits and limitations that researchers need to consider when using oral history collections for secondary analysis?

Feedback: Advantages: provide in-depth and comprehensive stories of people’s lives; more subjects are included; broad focus Disadvantages: stories of marginalized people were captured less frequently than those with privilege; some topics are not included or were only recently deemed important to capture in this way

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Oral Histories

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 10

10) What is meant by physical traces and how can it be a source of existing data? What is the difference between measures of erosion and measures of accretion?

Feedback: Physical traces describe the evidence people leave of their lives within the natural and built environment.

Section reference: Box 12.4

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 11

11) How would you utilize physical trace data to study an aspect of your own campus?

Feedback: Answers vary

Section reference: 12.4

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 12

12) What is big data, how is it gathered, and for what purposes? Discuss an example of how social researchers have used big data.

Feedback: Big data refers to large quantities of data, collected in traditional ways by companies or institutions through digital means. Gathered by government, technology companies, retailers, and others. Captures people’s activities, preferences, and communications. Can be used to track people’s activities, market products, and gather info about employment applicants.

Section reference: Analysis of Big Data

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 13

13) What are the benefits and limitations that researchers need to consider when using big data for secondary analysis?

Feedback: Advantages: use new methodologies; massive scale of data; large samples; qualitative or quantitative applications Disadvantages: data quality; data may not be made available; non-scientific collection methods; complex data

Section reference: Considerations in Secondary Analysis of Big Data

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 14

14) In your own words, explain the terms digital life, digital trace data, and digitalized life data. Provide an example of each.

Feedback: Digital life refers to people’s actions and behaviours in online platforms; digital trace data examines what people “do” using their devices; digitized life would look at the degree to which people’s lives are digitized.

Section reference: Analysis of Big Data

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 15

15) What are the advantages of secondary analysis?

Feedback: Resources of cost and time; more time for analysis; new interpretations from reanalysis; cross-cultural analysis; wider obligations of social researcher; longitudinal analysis

Section reference: Advantages of Secondary Analysis

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 16

16

What are the limitations of secondary analysis?

Feedback: Lack of familiarity with data which can be complex; no control over data quality; absence of key variables.

Section reference: Limitations of secondary analysis

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 12 Question 17

17) Design a research project for which secondary data analysis would be ideal. What would you focus your study on? What type of secondary data do you feel would be best and why? What might the limitations be?

Feedback: Answers vary

Section reference: Chapter