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Primary vs secondary data
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Primary: collected first-hand for your own question. Secondary: collected by someone else for theirs.
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What does a database do?
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Organises and structures data so it is accessible, manageable and capable of being updated.
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The question to ask of any dataset
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Who is NOT in it? Data from app users leaves out everyone without the app.
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Why is classification a choice?
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The categories decide what can be counted. An answer the form does not offer can never appear in the results.
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