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by :SOURABH MODGIL
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Where do data come from?We’ve seen our data for this lab, all nice and
collated in a database – from:Insurance companies (claims, medications,
procedures, diagnoses, etc.)Firms (demographic data, productivity data,
etc.)
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Where do data come from?Take a step back – if we’re starting from
scratch, how do we collect / find data?Secondary dataPrimary data
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Secondary DataSecondary data – data someone else has
collectedThis is what you were looking for in your
assignment.
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Secondary Data – Examples of SourcesCounty health departmentsVital Statistics – birth, death certificatesHospital, clinic, school nurse recordsPrivate and foundation databasesCity and county governmentsSurveillance data from state government
programsFederal agency statistics - Census, NIH,
etc.
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Secondary Data – LimitationsWhat did you find on the frustrating side as
you looked for data on the state’s websites?
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Secondary Data – LimitationsWhen was it collected? For how long?
May be out of date for what you want to analyze.
May not have been collected long enough for detecting trends.
E.g. Have new anticorruption laws impacted Russia’s government accountability ratings?
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Secondary Data – LimitationsIs the data set complete?
There may be missing information on some observations
Unless such missing information is caught and corrected for, analysis will be biased.
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Secondary Data – LimitationsAre there confounding problems?
Sample selection bias?Source choice bias?In time series, did some observations drop out
over time?
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Secondary Data – LimitationsAre the data consistent/reliable?
Did variables drop out over time?Did variables change in definition over time?
E.g. number of years of education versus highest degree obtained.
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Secondary Data – LimitationsIs the information exactly what you need?
In some cases, may have to use “proxy variables” – variables that may approximate something you really wanted to measure. Are they reliable? Is there correlation to what you actually want to measure?
E.g. gauging student interest in U.W. by their ranking on FAFSA – subject to gamesmanship.
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Secondary Data – AdvantagesNo need to reinvent the wheel.
If someone has already found the data, take advantage of it.
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Secondary Data – AdvantagesIt will save you money.
Even if you have to pay for access, often it is cheaper in terms of money than collecting your own data. (more on this later.)
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Secondary Data – AdvantagesIt will save you time.
Primary data collection is very time consuming. (More on this later, too!)
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Secondary Data – AdvantagesIt may be very accurate.
When especially a government agency has collected the data, incredible amounts of time and money went into it. It’s probably highly accurate.
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Secondary Data – AdvantagesIt has great exploratory value
Exploring research questions and formulating hypothesis to test.
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Primary DataPrimary data – data you collect
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Primary Data - ExamplesSurveysFocus groupsQuestionnaires Personal interviewsExperiments and observational study
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Primary Data - LimitationsDo you have the time and money for:
Designing your collection instrument?Selecting your population or sample?Pretesting/piloting the instrument to work out
sources of bias?Administration of the instrument?Entry/collation of data?
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Primary Data - LimitationsUniqueness
May not be able to compare to other populations
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Primary Data - LimitationsResearcher error
Sample biasOther confounding factors
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Data collection choiceWhat you must ask yourself:
Will the data answer my research question?
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Data collection choiceTo answer that
You much first decide what your research question is
Then you need to decide what data/variables are needed to scientifically answer the question
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Data collection choiceIf that data exist in secondary form, then use
them to the extent you can, keeping in mind limitations.
But if it does not, and you are able to fund primary collection, then it is the method of choice.
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