12.3 Secondary data analysis using data from prior survey research

OUTLINE OF THIS NEW SECTION:

Definition of secondary data

why it is important/valuable

Examples of secondary data analysis

• include 3 paper dissertations using secondary data

Sources of secondary data

• Google Dataset Search
• American Community Survey
• CDC- BRFSS
• ICPSR
• university-level repositories such as Mavs Dataverse from The University of Texas at Arlington
  • • for example, the social network analysis datasets on the Social Networks for Social Good collection of social network analysis datasets

What do you need to know if you want to do secondary data?

• logistics
• pros
• cons
  • can be expensive