Primary & Secondary Data
- Data collected by the student within their fieldwork is primary data.
- Examples of primary data can include:
- Questionnaire data
- River data - width, depth etc...
- Video/audio recordings
- Photographs
- Interview information
- Data collected by someone else but used by the student in their enquiry is secondary data
- Examples of secondary data can include:
- Census results
- Weather data
- Old photographs
- Maps
- Newspaper articles
- Websites
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