Practice question
Question
When an investigator uses the data, which has already been collected by others, such data is called:
Explanation
Primary data is collected firsthand for specific research purpose. Secondary data already exists gathered by other agencies like census, surveys, publications. Investigators using such secondhand sources save time and cost but must verify authenticity, definitions and sampling quality.
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