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Getting all the Data

Sarah Best

14th February 2018

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The Census is collected and published every 10 years in the UK. The data gathered shows the makeup (e.g., gender, ages, ethnicity, employment figures) for a particular population.

The following video focuses on the data collection process in the USA and highlights some of its problems; including the costs involved in gathering and interpreting the data and the subsequent validity of the results.

This is a useful resource that could be used within the Research Methods and Theory and Methods topics.

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Sarah Best

Sarah is a passionate full-time Head of Sociology and Psychology and has worked in a variety in schools in the UK, and she is currently working in a British international school. She is keen to develop and boost the profile of both subjects.

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