Author: JonathanNaylor

Secondary data analysis pertains to the evaluation of primary data gathered by other researchers. The data is easily accessible for academics to use for their research. Research based on secondary data analysis is cheap and saves the time and effort of the researchers. A researcher may have gathered the information for a specific study and then made it available for use by another researcher. As in the case of the census report, the information may also have been gathered for general use without a specified study goal. Data that is categorised as secondary for one research may be primary for…