Primary And Secondary Data Definitions Flashcards
are the original data derived from your research
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Primary data
are data derived from your primary data.
Secondary data
Data that has been generated by the researcher himself/herself
*surveys, interviews,experiments, specially designed for understanding and solving the research problem at hand.
Primary Data
Using existing data generated by large government Institutions, healthcare
facilities etc. as part of organizational record keeping.
The data is then extracted from more varied
data files.
Secondary Data
A few years ago the OBAMA ADMINISTRATION judged that any research that is
done using Federal Public funds should be AVAILABLE FOR FREE TO THE PUBLIC.
These data sets are published in the journal literature, and data sets can
downloaded and manipulated for research.
Supplementary Data
DATA: Real time data
PROCESS: Very involved
Primary data
DATA: past data
PROCESS: quick and easy
Secondary data
Source Surveys, observations,
experiments, questionnaire,
personal interview, etc.
Primary data
Government publications,
websites, books, journal
articles, internal records etc.
Secondary data
COST EFFECTIVENESS: Expensive
COLLECTION TIME: Long
Primary data
COST EFFECTIVENESS: economical
COLLECTION TIME: short
Secondary data
SPECIFIC: Always specific to the
researcher’s needs.
AVAILABLE IN: Crude form
ACCURACY AND
RELIABILITY:
More
Primary data
SPECIFIC: May or may not be specific to
the researcher’s need.
AVAILABLE IN: Refined form
ACCURACY AND
RELIABILITY: Relatively less
Secondary data
SPECIFIC: May or may not be specific to
the researcher’s need.
AVAILABLE IN: Refined form
ACCURACY AND
RELIABILITY: Relatively less
Secondary data
