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Secondary Quantitative data (Official statistics)
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- 1What is the definition of Official Statistics ?. Official stats are numerical data that are collected by the government through surveys carried out by state agencies such as ONS
example = 1. census
2. general household survey - 2What is the definition of Unofficial Statistics ?. Quantitative data that is collected by non government sources such as political parties , trade unions.
- 3What are 3 Strengths of Statistics1. They are cheap easy to access , they can be accessed through the internet , little effort is required from the sociologist.
2. They are extremely up to date , this allows the sociologist with up to date contemporary picture of patterns and trends of human behavior
3. positivists would argue that official statistics are hard reliable facts because they have been collected in a standardized , systematic and scientific fashion - 4What are 2 weaknesses of Statistics1. They are open to political abuse , the government might massage or manipulate the stats for their own political advantage.
2. Statistics can be socially constructed
. they are results of someone making decision that a particular set of activities need recording and stats need collecting
. these selections are sometimes selective and biased
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