Secondary data analysis for dissertations
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2025 3:27 am
The three winning students each deserve congratulations alongside their £300 award. On winning, Valeria explained that
“Knowing that I was one of the Award winners is very gratifying and makes me feel honoured and proud of all the effort I put into producing my dissertation”.
William commented on how it feels very nigeria rcs data satisfying to know that someone else has appreciated your work, but that overcoming the moments of frustration involved in data analysis may have been the real achievement.
In addition to our final three winners, we would also like to pass on congratulations to the other 26 entries; both the shortlisting and final judging process were difficult due to the number of excellent entries we received.
This year’s entries confirm what students can achieve within a dissertation project using secondary data. Indeed, the judge’s feedback talked about excellent topical dissertations, publishable work and outstanding use of data.
The winning students are also enthusiastic about opportunities to access and use high quality data. Based on her experience, Valeria says
“I would encourage more students to use secondary data from the UK Data Service … Secondary data allows for the study of so many different subjects. When writing an original piece of research, you use your own approach to exploit the available data and that can be very enriching for the academic community and society as a whole”.
“Knowing that I was one of the Award winners is very gratifying and makes me feel honoured and proud of all the effort I put into producing my dissertation”.
William commented on how it feels very nigeria rcs data satisfying to know that someone else has appreciated your work, but that overcoming the moments of frustration involved in data analysis may have been the real achievement.
In addition to our final three winners, we would also like to pass on congratulations to the other 26 entries; both the shortlisting and final judging process were difficult due to the number of excellent entries we received.
This year’s entries confirm what students can achieve within a dissertation project using secondary data. Indeed, the judge’s feedback talked about excellent topical dissertations, publishable work and outstanding use of data.
The winning students are also enthusiastic about opportunities to access and use high quality data. Based on her experience, Valeria says
“I would encourage more students to use secondary data from the UK Data Service … Secondary data allows for the study of so many different subjects. When writing an original piece of research, you use your own approach to exploit the available data and that can be very enriching for the academic community and society as a whole”.