Secondary Data Collection Help For All Your Data Blues!

The secondary data can be collected through both data collection methods. It can be qualitative as well as quantitative in nature. The secondary data are readily available for other resources both internal and external source. Both methods are further divided into data collection.

Sources of secondary data:

• Books
• Unpublishes Sources
• Published Sources
• Journal
• Newspapers
• Websites
• Blogs
• Diaries
• Government Records
• Podcasts

Secondary data is referred to as the data collected by someone else (other than the user). Secondary data is also cost-effective so, rightly, secondary research is also termed as ‘desk research’. The examples for secondary data are:

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•  Public Libraries: Libraries are a good source for secondary data collection. Easily accessible and available having copies of important research which is a valuable source.
•  Governmental Published Data: Data can be collected from some governmental agencies.
• The financial reports, e.g.: US Census bureau etc.
• Non government Data: secondary can also be taken in charge from nongovernmental agencies. e.g.: small business development centres.
• Educational Institutions: more research is conducted in colleges and universities which should not be overlooked while collecting secondary data.
• Commercial Information: local newspapers, magazines, journals, articles etc.

The cost-effective source of data collection is secondary data. Secondary data can be obtained from different sources:

• Data collection from census or government departments
• Libraries
•  Internet searches
• GPS
• Remote sensing
• Km progress reports

Secondary data research or desk data research method is the collection of data which is already published or exists. It is then, summarized and collated to increase the overall effectiveness. In other terms, secondary data is the easiest way of data collection for research purposes. But, from authentic resources.