Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of secondary sources. There are two forms of data collection, these are primary and secondary. Primary data is gathered by the sociologist first hand, secondary data is not collected especially for the sociologist. In this essay we shall look at the good points and the bad points of secondary sources. There are many ways of getting secondary sources; these have been investigated, and I will now critically look at these …showed first 75 words of 1083 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1083 total…distortion. Letters, diaries and autobiographies may give a graphic picture of the characters and attitudes of some individuals, whether those individuals can be taken as representative of their class however is another matter. So as we can see the uses of secondary sources as information to help us has its advantages and disadvantages. We need to double check all of the gathered information before making any firm assumptions. REFERENCES British journal of sociology Class handouts