Secondary Analysis Refers to the Analysis of

question 45

Multiple Choice

Secondary analysis refers to the analysis of

• A) the mass media.
• B) survey data collected by another investigator.
• C) historical materials such as public documents and official records.
• D) statistics on births, deaths, marriages, and the like.

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, calculated as the average of the squared differences from the mean.

Index Fund

A financial instrument, either a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund, intended to mimic the results of a designated market index.

PHStat

A software tool that enhances Excel with statistical functions and procedures for analysis.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how spread out the values are from the mean.