Q) What are Secondary Data? Secondary Data Secondary data is information gathered for purposes other than the completion of a research project. Data previously collected by someone else‚ possibly for some other purpose that can be used later for making decisions if found suitable for the purpose‚ other than the original one. Secondary data can be acquired from the internal records of the organization‚ their departments‚ subsidiaries or sister organizations and also from external sources‚ such
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Sampling and Data collecting Plan October 9‚ 2014 University of Phoenix QNT/561 Team D has chosen to look into whether or not should Pear Inc. should start putting their resources into either Laptops or tablet electronic devices. Putting resources into a venture that may or not pan out could be detrimental to that same company. As an example; Kodak and their choice not to expand into digital‚ something they created‚ and stay the course with their polyurethane film (Mui‚ 2012).In the end the
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Collecting‚ Reviewing‚ and Analyzing Secondary Data WHAT IS SECONDARY DATA REVIEW AND ANALYSIS? Secondary data analysis can be literally defined as second-hand analysis. It is the analysis of data or information that was either gathered by someone else (e.g.‚ researchers‚ institutions‚ other NGOs‚ etc.) or for some other purpose than the one currently being considered‚ or often a combination of the two (Cnossen 1997). If secondary research and data analysis is undertaken with care and diligence
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1 Secondary data analysis: an introduction All data are the consequence of one person asking questions of someone else. (Jacob 1984: 43) This chapter introduces the field of secondary data analysis. It begins by considering what it is that we mean by secondary data analysis‚ before describing the type of data that might lend itself to secondary analysis and the ways in which the approach has developed as a research tool in social and educational research. The second part of the chapter considers
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Data collection is any process of preparing and collecting data‚ for example‚ as part of a process improvement or similar project. The purpose of data collection is to obtain information to keep on record‚ to make decisions about important issues‚ or to pass information on to others. Data are primarily collected to provide information regarding a specific topic. Data collection usually takes place early on in an improvement project‚ and is often formalized through a data collection plan which often
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THE TOPIC: Primary research is any type of research that we go out and collect ourselves. Examples include surveys‚ interviews and observations. In other words information that has been collected at first hand is called primary research. It involves measurement of some sort‚ whether by taking readings off instruments‚ sketching‚ counting‚ or conducting interviews. Conducting primary research is a useful skill to acquire as it can greatly supplement our research in secondary sources‚ such as
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Data Collection Methods. Introduction Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest‚ in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions‚ test hypotheses‚ and evaluate outcomes. Data Collection Techniques include the following: Personal Interviews Conducting personal interviews is probably the best method of data collection to gain first hand information. It is however‚ unsuitable in cases where there are
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Data Collection QNT/351 July 10‚ 2014 There are many times when companies have to collect data to come to a conclusion about an issue. The data may be collected from their employers‚ their competition or their consumers. BIMS saw that there had been an average turnover that was larger then what the company had seen in the past. Human Resources decided that they would conduct a survey to see what had changed in the company from the employee’s point of view. They attached
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Sampling & Data Collection Plan Matthew Bell‚ David Cintron‚ Christopher Grunenberg‚ Shilo Morin QNT/561 May 18‚ 2015 Russell Heigl Sampling & Data Collection Plan The Grub n’ Go sponsored research study is aimed at answering‚ “How does outside temperature (IV) impact the frequency of cold‚ non-alcoholic beverage sales (DV)? To answer this question top notch research team‚ Learning Team A‚ will have to go beyond this small restaurant brand. Population While the research question came from Grub n’
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researcher make the right decision about collecting new data versus using existing data for the study? Yes‚ the researcher made the right decision about collecting new data versus using existing data for the study. Because previous studies’ data are applicable only to their respective country. And as of now‚ there is no published study about using the internet to teach primigravida about their role. 2. Did the researcher make good data collection decisions with regard to structure‚ qualification‚
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