Comparative method - research methods
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Advantages
Cheap, easy to access and in the case of quantitative data, pre analysed
Disadvantages
Historical documents have problems with accuracy and interpretation
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In some areas it only presents a superficial picture
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It has been collected by non sociologists for a different purpose
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Likely to be unrepresentative
Advantages
Quantitative secondary data is usually in a format that allows comparative analysis to be carried out
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Quantitative secondary data usually had a large sample, thus makes it more representative and reliable
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Sometime secondary data is the only material available