To analyse the election results, the data is collected from newspapers. The data thus collected is known as
Answers
⇒ Primary data refers to the first hand data gathered by the researcher himself.
⇒ Secondary data means data collected by someone else earlier.
PrimaryData:
(i) Number of students in our class.
(ii) Number of fans in our school.
(iii) Electricity bills of our house for last two years.
SecondaryData:
(iv) Election results obtained from television or newspapers.
(v) Literacy rate figures obtain from educational survey.
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Election results obtained from newspapers are known as secondary data.
Detailed answer
Secondary data is nothing but the data which is obtained by some other person earlier and that has already been found and is nothing new.
- This data is already made available for research.
- Censuses are another example of secondary data.
- It is time-saving and cost-efficient in nature
- It helps to improve the overall quality of data
Secondary data may be sometimes available even when primary data is not available for a particular case.
The disadvantage of secondary data is that it can be outdated