Question

2. What are secondary data? Discuss the various sources of collecting secondary data
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Answer 1

Answer:

Secondary data refers to a data which is not collected by investigator himself, It is a second hand data which has already been collected by some other persons or agencies.

Secondary data can be collected from :- Published source or unpublished source.

•  Published source:- Publications of various organizations are the  most important source of secondary data. Published sources include Government publications, publication of international organizations, reports of committees, journal, newspapers, annual reports of companies, articles etc.

•  Unpublished Source:- Unpublished sources include internal records of private offices and government. Unpublished data can be available to universities, chamber of commerce, trade associations etc.

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Answer 2

Sources of secondary data

Secondary data can be obtained from different sources: information collected through censuses or government departments like housing, social security, electoral statistics, tax records. internet searches or libraries. GPS, remote sensing.