Official Stats
- Created by: mischax
- Created on: 14-01-18 14:08
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- Official Statistics
- Favoured by Positivists
- advantages
- Readily available- data exists
- Cheap method
- Large scale sample- Representativ
- Visibly clear & easy to read
- Reliable- re-testable
- reveals trends and correlations
- disadvantages
- social construct of stats
- not factual but shaped by actions of individuals
- lack of control by researcher
- produced by others using their own definitions and categories
- political bias
- social construct of stats
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