Chapter 9Using Secondary Data and Archival Sources

Primary data is:
1. Good data.
2. Data that is gathered first.
3. Data the researcher makes or creates themselves.
4. Data made or created by someone other than the researcher.
The methodological framework is the:
1. First framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
2. Second framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
3. Third framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
4. Fourth framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
The research methodology and data gathering methods used in the research project are part of:
1. The conceptual framework.
2. The theoretical framework.
3. The methodological framework.
4. The analytical framework.
Secondary data is:
1. Poor quality data.
2. Data that is gathered after primary data is gathered.
3. Data that is part of the second framework.
4. Data from secondary sources, data that already exists.
A primary source is also called:
1. An original source.
2. A secondary source.
3. An unusual source.
4. An unexpected source.
Secondary sources do not provide:
1. Original information or evidence.
2. Reference details.
3. Useful data.
4. Valid data.
When using data from a secondary source the first thing to do is:
1. To write all of the data out on a big sheet of paper.
2. To establish where the data came from and whether or not this is a reputable source.
3. To establish that the data has the right appeal for the research project.
4. Convert the data into primary source data.
A source can be primary in one context and:
1. Tertiary in another context.
2. Valid in another context.
3. Secondary in another context
4. Reliable in another context.
The validity of the data can be established through:
1. The development of new methodologies and data gathering methods for the data.
2. An examination of the methodologies and data gathering methods used in the creation of the data.
3. The correction of the methodologies and data gathering methods used in the creation of the data.
4. A description of the methodologies and data gathering methods used in the creation of the data.
Historical research involves studying:
1. Narratives using narrative analysis.
2. Discourses using discourse analysis.
3. The content of some text or texts.
4. The history of some phenomenon, for example the history of a product or the history of a business.
Archival research is research:
1. On specific cases.
2. Carried out using surveys.
3. On the content of an archive or archives.
4. Conducted using experimental design.
The archive of a business or company can be used:
1. To store old rubbish.
2. To store items temporarily out of use.
3. To accommodate temporary staff and structures.
4. To explore and exploit the company’s heritage and it can be used for education and training purposes.
One of the main problems with secondary data is:
1. That the data is not primary data.
2. That the data available may not be exactly the data required.
3. That it usually quantitative data.
4. d. That it is usually qualitative data.
The validity of the data, very simply, is the extent to which:
1. The data measures or represents that which it purports to measure or represent.
2. The data can be said to be primary data.
3. The data can be said to be secondary data.
4. The data can be said to be quantitative or qualitative data.
A secondary source is something written about a primary source, a secondary source often builds on:
1. An unusual source.
2. A cryptic source.
3. A secondary source.
4. A primary source.