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Detailed explanation-1: -Popular examples of secondary data include: Tax records and social security data. Census data (the U.S. Census Bureau is oft-referenced, as well as our favorite, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) Electoral statistics.

Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary data refers to data that is collected by someone other than the primary user. Common sources of secondary data for social science include censuses, information collected by government departments, organizational records and data that was originally collected for other research purposes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Common examples of secondary research include textbooks, encyclopedias, news articles, review articles, and meta analyses. When conducting secondary research, authors may draw data from published academic papers, government documents, statistical databases, and historical records.

Detailed explanation-4: -A company’s internal data, such as sales and marketing records, customer account information, product purchasing and usage data are typical secondary data sources.