Answer to Question 1
b
Answer to Question 2
Secondary analysis occurs when researchers use existing material and
analyze data that were originally collected by others. Existing data
sources include public records, official reports of organizations and
government agencies, and surveys conducted by researchers.
Secondary analysis may involve obtaining raw data collected by other
researchers and undertaking a statistical analysis of the data, or it may
involve the use of other researchers' existing statistical analyses.
Strengths include the following: (1) data are readily available and
inexpensive, (2) since the researcher often does not collect the data
personally, the chances of bias may be reduced, and (3) the use of
existing sources makes it possible to analyze longitudinal data to provide
a historical context within which to locate original research. Weaknesses
include the following: (1) the data may be incomplete, unauthentic, or
inaccurate, (2) the various data from which content analysis is done may
not be strictly comparable with one another, and (3) coding this data
sorting, categorizing, and organizing them into conceptual categories
may be difficult.
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