While Obtaining Secondary Data Before Engaging in Primary Research Has

question 114

Multiple Choice

While obtaining secondary data before engaging in primary research has its limitations, it also offers many advantages. Which of the following is an example of these advantages?

• A) Secondary data is always categorized in units that match those that the researcher seeks.
• B) Secondary data rarely exhibits bias.
• C) Secondary data can provide ideas for the methods to be used and the difficulties that are likely to occur during a full-scale study.
• D) Secondary data is generally current and up-to-date.
• E) Secondary data is always accurate.

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Definitions:

Dispersion

A measure of the spread of a distribution or the variability of data points around a central value.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Percentile

A measure used in statistics to indicate the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls.

Measures of Dispersion

Statistical indicators that describe the spread or variability of a data set.