Offical Statstics

Offical Statstics

1. Ethical

   • no problems with informed consent as data has already been collected and consent given

2. Theoretical

   • low validity
     • bias
       • government collect it for there own reasons to support there views
     • schools may manipulate statistics because of pressure to preform
       • eg: place students on BETC courses as its worth more GCSE
   • high reliablity
     • results are standardised
     • representativeness
       • cover large groups, more data, wider population

3. Pratical

   • avalibility
     • easy to access
     • cheap as the research is already avaliable
     • some data is published on a monthly basis can be anylied for trends
   • outdated
     • can only provide data on the past, which can be outdated.
   • topic choice
     • statistics might not provide you with the information you want
     • may not have data on your topic choice