Question

Secondary data may include which of the following:- (a)official documents (b)personal documents (c)archived research data (d)all of these

Answer 1

Answer:

the answer is c I think my answer is correct

Answer 2

Secondary data may include (d) all of the above.

Definition of Secondary data;

Secondary data- the data is collected by someone else rather than primary user.

Characteristics of Secondary data;

• Secondary data includes observations, surveys, personal interviews, questionnaire that comes under someone interviewing yourself.
• They give the useful and latest information. They are easy to collect which can be seen as a published data.
• The data seems to be reliable as the information collected has the level of accuracy.
• There are two methods of Secondary data;

1. Quantitative method- they analyze the census, statistics, and numerical database.
2. Qualitative method- in which the secondary data is collected through interviews and focus groups.

Hence, Secondary data includes official documents, personal documents, and archived research data that are collected through interviews, questionnaire, surveys, observations and many more.