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Secondary data Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
information that is obtained from previously published materials, such as books, magazines, newspapers, government census publications and company reports and files. See Primary Data.
2004 (c) Copyright & Reprint Courtesy of the Dept. of Marketing, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; edited by Mr. Don Bradmore.Secondary data Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Secondary data, is data collected by someone other than the user. Common sources of secondary data for social science include censuses, organisational records and data collected through qualitative methodologies or qualitative research. Primary data, by contrast, are collected by the investigator conducting the research.
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Secondary data Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
(Data Analysis) Typically, data acquired from published sources as opposed to data acquired from direct observation or measurement such as a survey. Contrast with Primary Data.
