Not the second choice: supporting students to do secondary analysis in their dissertations
Jen BuckleyJen Buckley highlights some of the tools the User Support and Training team at the UK Data Service have been developing to make it easier for students to do secondary data analysis as part of their dissertations or projects.
Doing a dissertation or project can be a challenging taiwan rcs data and rewarding experience for undergraduate students. At this culmination of their studies and opportunity to experience research, secondary analysis can be a great option. However, from our Higher Education Teaching Consultation 2021, plus our own teaching experience, we know students may not consider or reject the idea of secondary analysis for their projects.
Why secondary analysis?
Students can access most data available via the UK Data Service using their university or college login. to data gives students opportunities to do research projects they either could not or would struggle to achieve with primary research.