This document discusses primary and secondary research methods. Primary research methods involve collecting data directly and include surveys, interviews, questionnaires, testing, and focus groups. Secondary research uses existing information collected by others, such as journals, newspapers, the internet, and libraries. Each method is explained in terms of what it is, its advantages and disadvantages, and when it would be used. The document concludes that understanding these research methods will help with coursework by providing a reference for learning about primary and secondary research.

1. Primary Research
Introduction
This report will talk about different types of researches for example primary
and secondary research.
Research methods
A research method is collecting data, there are two different types of data
there is primary and secondary. Primary research methods contain things like
survey, focus groups, testing, interviews and questionnaires. The secondary
research methods contain things such as journals, library, newspapers and
the internet. Primary research means collecting the data yourself but
secondary research means going out and investigating the information
individual.
Primary research
Primary research means collecting information by yourself. For example

2. Name of research method
Survey
Questionnaires
Interviews
testing
Explanation
It is the method of collecting information by sending
emails about questionnaires it avoids people from
traveling to different countries. There are two
different types of surveys. one is digital meaning that
people send out emails, and the other one is physical
were people go out and ask different people in the
street, the advantage of a digital is that you save
paper and you can get responses quickly. The
advantage of a physical survey is that it will get to you
even if you don’t have a computer. The disadvantage
is that maybe the location might be wrong or you have
moved house and they might not have the correct
address.The time you would use a survey is when you
are researching and drawing a graph of how many
people are doing something another example is when
parents are going to sign a student in the have to fill
out a survey.
A questionnaire is a written or printed question with a
choice of answers. The advantages of a questionnaire
is that you can collect information quickly, it can also
be collected by many participants in a large number of
peoples but the disadvantages of a questionnaire is
that it can take long to response. You cannot tell if the
person speaking is being truthful, people might have
reading difficulties meaning that he might not
understand what it is trying to say. You would use a
questionnaire is when you want to get information
about something for example exams.
A interview is meeting someone face to face the
advantages of that is that the message would be clear
to you and you knowing what he’s saying meaning it
help you collect more qualitative information and the
disadvantage is time consuming because it takes up a
lot of time and also you have to record all the
interview because you’re not going to remember
everything the guy responding says. You would use an
interview is when you want to have a meeting for the
job placement also you could use an interview when
you want to get into a university.
Testing means that you do practice experiment before
you do the real thing, The advantage of it is that you
will be able to practice and practice until you get it
correct so you can move on to doing the real thing.
The disadvantage of testing is that it might not always
be accurate data meaning someone could have typed
it themselves. You would use testing when you are in
science and you want to practice it first before you
start doing the experiment.

3. Focus group
Name of research method
Internet
Newspaper
A focus group is a qualities search on the internet
Which people give out their opinions on
advertisement or beliefs, The advantages of a focus
group is that people can express themselves and they
can ask any serious questions but the disadvantage of
a focus group is that it is not efficient in covering the
maximum depth or they might not express their
personal opinions meaning that they would not
understand him meaning that they could not help
him.
Explanation
Internet is a research method where you can get a lot of
information. The advantages of the internet are that you
can exchange some knowledge; also you can read the
latest new around the world if you’ve missed it you
could always check it on your phone. The disadvantage
of the internet is that if you are going to search for an
answer some of it could be written by people meaning
that it could be false. You would use the internet to
research about a piece of homework or read the news or
a TV program if you’ve missed it.
A newspaper is a way of getting a lot of information i.e.
reading news that has happened around the world, the
newspaper will be used all over the world the
advantages of the newspaper is that you can pick up
information on the go. They are cheap even some
newspapers are free and if you never had time to go and
pick one up you could use your mobile phone to look at
the news, the disadvantage for a newspaper:. You would
use a newspaper when want to know information that’s
happening in everyday bases
wastes ink printing a lot of newspapers
time wastage for job doing people
uses fossil fuels for transferring
Library
A library is a secondary research method because you
can go out and pick up data as well as information the
good things about a library is that you can gather bits of
info if it’s not there you could simply go to another
library and retrieve it from there or ask the librarian for
help, The downside of a library is that it could be quite
hard to find the information because the library might
be too big. Mostly you might not find the book there
because it might be withdrawn or lost so therefore you
would have to go out and look for it in a different
library. You would use the library when you are not near
your computer or maybe you don’t have a computer or
simply the internet has dropped.
Primary research means collecting information by yourself. For example

4. Journals
A journal is a type of magazine or newspaper that is
published weekly, monthly and quarterly. The
advantages of a journal is that the information will keep
you up to date and tell you new types of developments
in your subject. Another advantage of journals is that.
You would use a journal when you are going to seek for
a job, accommodation or maybe a school journal that’s
only for people throughout the school.
very cheap or at no cost
by picking it up you could discover something
new
They are always up to date
Local so you don’t have to travel to get it
Good sources for current information
The disadvantages of a journal are
It might not be clear
It might be false
Journals rely on peoples thoughts which will be
unfair
Limited access
Secondary Research means going out and investigating the information i.e.
from the library more examples are.
Conclusion
For my conclusion I think research and different methods can help me with
my work in this course because if I need to find out anything about primary
or secondary research I will not have to go out and research it all I would just
have to go back at my work.