Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
The difference between information and data in social science is subtle. Comment.
- UPSC 2022
- Research Methods and Analysis
Data, in the ordinary methodological sense, are the raw, unprocessed records a researcher generates through systematic collection — survey responses, census counts, coded observation notes, official registers — while information is data that has been organised, interpreted, and given context so that it answers a question.
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