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Often a researcher carrying out an analysis of a dataset may want to alter or change its makeup in some way. This could particularly be the case if the researcher is analysing a dataset that was originally collected by others for other purposes. This is the situation here, where you are analysing datasets that were collected not for students to ‘practice’ on, but as part of the ongoing study of social attitudes in the United Kingdom. This analysis of an already-existing dataset is called secondary analysis.
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© 2002 Robert L. Miller, Ciaran Acton, Deirdre A. Fullerton and John Maltby
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Miller, R.L., Acton, C., Fullerton, D.A., Maltby, J., Campling, J. (2002). Data Selection and Manipulation. In: Campling, J. (eds) SPSS for Social Scientists. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-62968-4_5
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