Can you name some positives and negatives of.....?

Question

Primary Data Collection

Secondary Data Collection

eg.

Primary:

+ very relevant since the participant chooses how to research

- risk of hazards while out on the field

Answer 1

Primary

+ you can find your own data to suit your own purposes

+ you can control the variables

- costly and time consuming

- may produce unreliable results if not carried out properly

Secondary

+ Can be cheap and easy to collect and can be obtained quickly

+ might be able to collect a large volume of relevant data

+ Widely available

+ Useful way to obtain historical perspectives

+ Can use it to compare with your own primary data for added depth

+ Can make cross comparisons

- If you don't know how the data has been collected, it's hard to know how reliable and valid it is

- Might be out-of-date

- You won't know how biased the researcher may have been