DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
TYPES OF DATA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Primary data
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Secondary data
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Primary data are those that are collected for the first time. Secondary data refer to those data that have already been collected by some other person.
Detailed explanation-2: -Primary data refers to the first hand data gathered by the researcher himself. Secondary data means data collected by someone else earlier. Surveys, observations, experiments, questionnaire, personal interview, etc. Government publications, websites, books, journal articles, internal records etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary data is more accurate and reliable because it comes from a direct source. It’s faster and easier to collect primary data than secondary data, which can take weeks or even months to collect.
Detailed explanation-4: -Primary = original, first-hand; the author of the source generated the research data they are using. Secondary Research: This is when an author of the source you are using gathers existing data, usually produced by someone else, and they then report, analyze or interpret that other person’s data.