secondary reseach
SECONDARY RESEARCH SOCIAL WORKERS ARE THEY NECESSARY IN TODAY'S COMMUNITY? Social work is a profession for people with a passionate desire to help improve people's lives. Social workers help people function the best way they can in their environment with their relationships, personal and family problems. They also deal with clients that face a life threatening disease, a disability, continuous abuse, and families with serious domestic conflicts, which sometimes involve a child or spouse abuse. Social workers often provide their services within a health related environment. Social workers often work closely with other professionals such as doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, teachers, the police and courts. A social worker should be able to develop trusting relationships with service users and carers without becoming emotionally involved. Excellent communication skills, including listening, speaking and writing are also and important quality in a social worker, they must be able to handle pressure and work well in a team with colleagues and professionals from other agencies. With patient and maturity, social workers are aware of people's different needs and respect diversity. A social worker must be emotionally mature and sensitive to people and their problems. (McCracken, M, Working in social work, 2002) TYPES OF SOCIAL WORKERS Social work is divided into different areas
Primary or Secondary Storage.
STORAGE Electronic data is a sequence of bits. This data can either reside in Primary or Secondary Storage The Difference Between Primary and Secondary Storage * Primary storage is volatile: when the power is off, all contents of RAM are lost. That is why data from RAM is saved as files on secondary storage which is non-volatile and almost permanent (It wears out eventually or becomes out of dated technology) * Size. Secondary storage is virtually infinite: when you run out of space on one disk, you use another. On the contrary there is a limited amount of RAM that can be accessed by the CPU. Some programs will not run on a particular computer system because there is not enough RAM available. * Access time. It takes few nanoseconds for the CPU to access RAM but it takes several milliseconds to access secondary storage. The reasons for RAM being faster are: . RAM chips are located on the motherboard so the distance the electrical signals have to travel from the CPU to RAM or in the opposite direction is much shorter compared to the distance between the CPU and secondary storage devices. The shorter the distance, the faster the processing. 2. Also working with the secondary storage involves mechanical operations like spinning Cost. Secondary storage is cheaper than RAM in terms of cost per unit of data. Primary Storage For Main Memory, computers use RAM, or Random
Primary and secondary research.
Many options would be available to an individual wishing to undertake some research and all involve the use of what is termed primary and secondary research. What is Primary Research? Primary research involves the collection and analysis of raw data through surveys, experiments, interviews etc. The data are analysed and the results or findings are then discussed and evaluated. New knowledge is produced, because the researcher gathers new information through direct investigation. What is Secondary Research? Secondary research is based on reading and it is sometimes called 'library research'. It involves reading what other researchers have written about the issues involved in a topic. The arguments of these researchers are compared and evaluated and conclusions are drawn. This is often called synthesising. New knowledge is produced, because the researcher synthesises the arguments of other researchers to draw a new conclusion. Primary research is the gathering of information by the person or persons carrying out the research. Primary research provides up-to-date and hopefully relevant information about the topic being studied. THE PRIMARY RESEARCH PROCESS AND DIFFERENT METHODS USED * Surveys / Questionnaires * Interviews * Observations * Case studies * Experimental methods Research is regarded as a cyclical process that generally involves the stages shown in the
Primary research and secondary research
The research plan is based on all the data that I will collect for my primary research. I will include the following in my primary research. Primary research: - Primary research is original and collected to solve the problem in hand. Primary research usually involves having to search out and collect information that is new. There are many ways to conduct primary research. Primary research data is data that did not exist before. It is designed to answer specific questions of interest to the business. However the research is original, the results gathered will be more relevant to the needs of the Client. In this report I am going to explore primary research on a major soft drink company known as Thames water. In this primary research I will be carrying out research on people from age 14-19 year old. All these ages are from year 10 to year 13. In this research these people will be asked about their favourite soft drinks and their feedback. Further, my research will include both male and female. This research will take place in free periods, break and lunch time. The research will be mainly carried out in study centre, library and connect, where most of the students come together. The primary research will be in carry out in 6th form centre, canteen and other relevant places in school such as out side field where students present number. The timings will be only during break
Primary and secondary storage.
Primary Storage, i.e. random access memory (RAM). This type of storage holds data and instructions that are being worked on. When the computer is switched off, the contents of RAM are lost. This is known as volatile storage. Secondary storage, such as hard disks, floppy disks, CD's, DVD and magnetic tape. This type of storage is non-volatile. Floppy disks The standard 31/2" floppy disk is a thin, flexible plastic disk coated in metal oxide enclosed in a rigid plastic casing. A standard high-density disk has a storage capacity of 1.44 Megabytes. A diskette consists of two surfaces, each of which contains typically 80 concentric circles called tracks. Each track is divided into sectors. A floppy disk has to be formatted before it can be used, and this process performs the following tasks: * Deletes any data already on the disk * Divides the disk into the tracks and sectors - one sector holds 512 bytes of data. * Set a root directory which lists the files on the disk and which sectors the data for each file is kept in. * Finds any bad or damaged sectors on the disk that cannot be used. Hard Disks The hard disks used with PC's consist of one more disk platters permanently sealed inside a casing. Hard disks typically have a capacity of between 10Gb and 30Gb. (1Gb = 1,000Mb). CD-ROM Compact disk only read memory drives are now supplied with most PC systems. Up
Methodology involves methods of investigation and sampling techniques. Sociologists use two types of research to obtain their data; Primary and secondary.
Methodology Methodology involves methods of investigation and sampling techniques. Sociologists use two types of research to obtain their data; Primary- this is where sociologists collect data for themselves, it is first hand information and there a many different methods, these include participant observation, experiments, content analysis, and questionnaires. Secondary data is where sociologists use data that already exists, e.g. other sociologists' research, the Internet, television documentaries, statistics and books. I will be using primary based data as it is my own and is a lot more recent and will be directly relevant to my research. 'Participant Observation' is when the sociologist actually joins the group that he/she is studying. There are two different types, overt and covert. Covert is where the researchers identity is hidden and the group being studied are not aware of this. Overt is where the group is aware that the sociologist is studying them. William Foote used covert observation during his study, 'Street corner gang'. In order to observe the gangs behaviour he joined them. The advantage of participant observation is that the researcher shares the same experiences with the sample; therefore his/her results are more valid and accurate. A disadvantage of this type research is that it is time consuming and expensive. I did not have the time or the
To test my hypothesis, I will use primary data. I will collect information from same houses in Mepton Bridge. I will compare Mepton Bridge to the whole country using secondary data.
Handling Data Cycle Introduction: This project is about the sizes of families in the area where I live. I am going to investigate how my town, Mepton Bridge, compares with the whole country. People who do town planning need to know about the type of households in an area and use tis kind of information. For example when planning new schools, parks and play areas. Hypothesis 'The average number of children living in each house in Mepton Bridge, is higher than the country average' I think this because Mepton Bridge is a growing town with a lot of new houses and young families. Plan of Action To test my hypothesis, I will use primary data. I will collect information from same houses in Mepton Bridge. I will compare Mepton Bridge to the whole country using secondary data. I will count people who are less than seventeen years old as children. Because the town is too big to fid out the number of children in every house, I have decided to choose five streets at random from the 876 streets on the list on the A-Z map of Mapton Bridge. This might not work very well because the street may not have any Houses. For example one street might be in an industrial estate. I need to have streets in different parts of the town to covert he difference across the town. If I do not get enough houses, or all the streets are in part of Mepton Bridge, I might need to extend my sample by
Advantages and Disadvantages of Secondary Research Methods.
Secondary Data Secondary data prior undertaking primary research In a social study review of research methods, Patrick McNeill is making evidence of the fact that good social science is based on good evidence and how important the research methods are in sociology and everyday life. McNeill (1990) also argues that "the data that is used by sociologists may be 'primary' or 'secondary'. Primary data is collected by the researcher at first hand, mainly through surveys, interviews, or participant observation. Secondary data is available from some other source, and comes in various forms. It has been produced and processed before receiving the attention of the sociologist" (McNeill, 1990). In distinguishing secondary data from primary data Malhotra and Birks quotes: "The act of sourcing, evaluating and analysing secondary data can realise great insights for decision-makers. It is also vital to successful problem diagnosis, sample planning and collection of primary data". (Malhotra & Birks, 2006, pp. 83) Hakim (1982) points out the idea of relying more on secondary data rather than collecting primary data "One advantage of secondary analysis is that it forces the researcher to think more closely about the theoretical aims and substantive issues of the study rather than the practical and methodological problems of collecting new data. The time and effort involved in obtaining
I am going to use secondary data for my investigation on comparing height and weight of school children.
I am going to use secondary data for my investigation. I have acquired my data from the website www.mathsmatrix.co.uk. The data is based on a real school but the name of the students and the school has been changed. The data is presented as a single list of 1183 pupils, from year 7 to year 11. I have chosen to investigate two lines of inquiry. The relation ship between height and weight and the relationship between IQ and KS2 math's results. I will choose a sample of thirty boys and thirty girls randomly. This can be done using a number of methods. I have used the random number button on my calculator. HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Below I have shown the sample of the thirty boys and girls that I have chosen. Girls Boys Height (m) Weight (kg) Height (m) Weight (kg) 36 44 32 38 42 52 49 67 52 33 50 55 52 55 53 40 54 45 54 42 56 50 54 54 56 53 55 38 56 63 55 43 56 74 55 47 57 45 55 47 57 52 55 64 57 53 55 64 58 40 60 55 58 48 62 48 58 55 62 49 60 42 62 50 60 54 65 46 61 54 65 50 62 42 65 54 62 65 66 43 63 45 66 54 63 48 68 63 65 52 73 50 70 48 74 64 70 50 77 57 72 45 78 67 72 50 80 68 75 53 80 77 75 72 82 75 78 59 83 75 Next I represented this data in the form of a frequency table with boys and girls separately GIRLS Height, h (cm) Frequency Tally 30 ? h <
Secondary Sources for Geographical Information.
Assignment 2: Secondary Sources for Geographical Information To answer the title question that our group decided "Flood risks on the Rheidol floodplain", I choose two secondary data sources to help answer the question. The first data source was local published history sources which I found located in the National library of Wales and the Hugh Owen library. The second data source was local newspapers; I used the internet to search for local newspaper websites which allowed me to search there server for relevant articles. Before you are able to use the National library of Wales you need to register so that you are able to use this resource, once you have registered you are then able to request literature for reading. To search for relevant books and journals you have to use the national library of Wale's catalogue, this allows user to search the main database for reading material which will be useful. Once you have found a book or journal that you would like to read, you have to request title; this tells the library staff that you would like to look at the literature and you are required to specify a date and time when you would like to read book's or journals. The books which are in the national library must all be viewed inside the building; no books are allowed to be loaned. The National library of Wales also contains all the journals which have been published in the United
