Primary Research
Primary research is research that you complete yourself. It's information that you have right in front of you that isn't from another information source. It is "original primary data collected by the researcher". Some examples of primary research include: interviews, surveys/questionnaires and observations/ notes taken during an event. This kind of information you have to collect and research yourself, so it will take a lot longer than secondary research. Primary research is more effective as it isn't from a second source and is very honest. The researcher is also free to do their research as they please and they don't have to stick to any guides. However there are some disadvantages to primary research such as not being able to get hold of original documents and things. Then there is also the risk that by the time the research is completed that the research will be out of date.
For my project, I unfortunately didn't do very much primary research. The only primary research that I did was going to the Civic Centre and taking pictures and such to see what an office was like, as I've never been in one before. The 14 second film that we created also counts as primary research, as we were experimenting with our genre.
For my project, I unfortunately didn't do very much primary research. The only primary research that I did was going to the Civic Centre and taking pictures and such to see what an office was like, as I've never been in one before. The 14 second film that we created also counts as primary research, as we were experimenting with our genre.
Secondary Research
Secondary research is the easiest research to get a hold of and use, as it is so widely available. Secondary research is research that has been completed by someone else and put out for others to use. An example of this would be research from the internet or out of an encyclopedia or something similar. The advantages to this type of research is that it is so quick and easy to use, as you can just type what you're researching into a search engine and an abundance of different research sources are at your finger tips. It is a great deal faster than primary research and you can access it at any time. However there are disadvantages to this type of research as you can't always be sure that it is reliable or true. So if you are using this type of research, it is recommended that you use a range of different secondary research sources so that you can back things up, just in case one of the sources you've used isn't entirely trustworthy.
Throughout this project I have used mainly secondary sources, but a wide range of them and I have linked them at the bottom of each of my posts where I have used them. For example, in my research on my producer role I l recorded all the websites that I used. While I did use Wikipedia for some of my research I used other sources too to back up what I found on there.
Throughout this project I have used mainly secondary sources, but a wide range of them and I have linked them at the bottom of each of my posts where I have used them. For example, in my research on my producer role I l recorded all the websites that I used. While I did use Wikipedia for some of my research I used other sources too to back up what I found on there.
Quantitative Data
This type of data can be recorded for both primary and secondary research, depending on what research "style" you go for. Quantitative data, as the name suggests is to do with numbers. What this means is data that can be measured such as the dimensions of an object or even timescale of an event or something. Some examples of this would be that the film "Alice In Wonderland" lasts for 108 minutes, and I got this information from the back of the DVD box which is primary research, as I got the information from something direct. Another example of this kind of data would be that the boom poles we use in college are 3m long. I got this information from a website, so this means I used secondary research here.
QUALITATIVE Data
Qualitative data is relative to descriptions: it can't be measured, but it can be observed and described. An example would be colour, as this can't be described with a measurement, same with senses such as smells or tastes, you need to describe these things. For example when I look at the "Alice In Wonderland" DVD box, I can see there is the Mad Hatter in the center with bright orange, curly hair, and a top hat with a light pink ribbon wrapped around this. By looking at the DVD box and describing the colours, I have just completed primary qualitative research. An example of secondary qualitative research would be me using a search engine to find out what a certain combination of colours would create, so for example, what would the colours green and purple make?
Sources:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/5
http://regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/ad1/qualquant.htm59/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/5
http://regentsprep.org/regents/math/algebra/ad1/qualquant.htm59/