... I think that the way in which I got my data, which was taking them straight from the school's records, is best because many students would not know/remember their scores; I can receive as much data from each year as I want without much hassle or time wasted. Also this way eliminates the possibility that the data that I received is false, as students may wish to say that they got better or worse scores than they actually did. The data that I am using is secondary data, as I did not receive it from the students themselves, which would be primary data. The data is also discrete, quantitative data as the data can be used for calculations, and is discrete as you can only get set levels, such as level 6 and not level 6.4. My raw data is on the following page; each year has been marked down, ...

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