Question

what are the major secondary sources of data used by social scientists

Answer 1

The secondary sources of data are of two types - published and unpublished sources.

Published sources include - government publications, reports of international bodies, semi - government publications, reports of committees and commissions, private publications, newspapers and magazines, and research papers published by individual scholars.

Unpublished sources include records maintained by the government, agencies, private offices and firms which are not published.

The secondary sources of data used by the social scientists include data from previous research, diaries, letters, mass media products, government reports, web information, and historical data.