GEOG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Content Analysis
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First hand or original information from the field e. g. mean daily temperature from a weather station. 2nd hand information available in stored sources compiled by other researchers e. g. textbooks. Which is given in whole numbers e. g. 16 elephants. Facts and figures which can take any value e. g. fractions e. g. 23 . Which is non precise/exact but values range in groups e. g. grouped data. People or places which have 1st hand or original information. The information can be collected by observation, measuring, counting, photographing etc. The information cant be got from other sources. Materials in which information collected by others was stored e. g. text books, reference books, etc. Use of eyes to observe features or weather then information is recorded immediately e. g. cloud cover, rocks, soil, land forms, vegetation, etc: observation. Time saving since one doesn"t have to look for data in many places. Gathering information from people by direct discussions then answers are recorded.
