Dessing issues - choosing a data collection method

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What is secondary data analysis?

Bring a new perspective to existing data, to use elements of the data that have not been fully analysed, or to form a base for comparison with newly collected data

What is naturally occuring data?

Data which exists independently of the research (text, interaction, behaviour)

Choosin data, what are the four ways of choosing?

- the importance to context - if context is important (generated) and when not important  (naturally)
- whether to use a single or multiple forms of data
- what kind of interaction is important? Researcher (naturally) participant (generated)
- accessibility and feasability - is the natural data there and is it possible to get generated data
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