LO3: Secondary Research Techniques

Secondary Research

• Researching the internet
• Newspapers/ Magazines
• Taking information from other webpages
• Books/ Journals- language barriers
• State research papers(government stats)- manipulated
• TV documentaries/films
• Social media- existing comments biased

Advantages of using the internet to access research is that its free and quicker to access, however a weakness is that it could be false information.

An advantage of using newspapers and magazines to collect secondary  research is that its easy to find, however a disadvantage is that its not always a trustworthy source depending on what company it is so could be biased.

TV documentaries are good for accessing information because usually its always true as the facts and figures cant be changed like they can on the internet, however a disadvantage is that it could be less credable and it is made to make money

Primary and Secondary Research Techniques

Crowd sourcing (e.g information callouts)

Web sources (e.g academic work v. popular opinion)

Observaion (e.g focus, recording, evidencing)