STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS
INTRODUCTION OF STATISTICS
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second hand data
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first hand information
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data from other parties
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annual report
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Primary data collection is the process of gathering data directly from a first-hand source. In other words, it’s data that’s collected by the organization that expects to use it. Methods include surveys, interviews, observation, and focus groups.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Primary data is one which an investigator collects for the first time for a particular purpose. Further, this data is ‘pure’ in the sense that there haven’t been any statistical operations performed on them, plus they are also original. The Census of India is an example of primary data.