Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Research Primary and Secondary

Horror Trailer Research
 
 

        Method
       Advantage
       Disadvantage
 Would you use it?
Internet. (Secondary)
 Quick.
People could lie.
Yes as I will get research from another source to back it up and I will just use it to look up the information and then make sure the information is correct by checking it with a reliable source.
Magazine. (Secondary)
Current information.
Have to purchase it.
Yes, as it will be information from a good secondary source.
Newspaper.
(Secondary)
 Quick and current.
You have to buy it and the editor could change information.
No as I will have the magazine and would not need the newspaper.
Book.
(Secondary)
Contains a lot of information.
Biased information from the writer's point of view, and you have to buy it.
No, as I want my information to be accurate and not biased. 
TV.
(Primary)
Quick way of getting information.
Only shows at certain times and you need to make sure you are able to watch it.
No, as it would be too much hassle when I could get my research from another source faster.
Survey.
(Primary)
 
Could get a lot of answers to help with the research.
People can easily lie on the survey.
Yes, because even though people lie, it would be informative anyway. I would just back it up with information from a better reliable source. 
Online Poll.
(Primary)
Could get my information quickly and in a bullet point format
People could lie. 
 No, because I would have gotten my answer that I wanted by the time people had completed the question.
Friends(Secondary)Believable information Little InformationYes but I would have to add my own facts to it too because it would probably have little information

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