In __________, Researchers Use Existing Material and Analyze Data That

question 13

Multiple Choice

In __________, researchers use existing material and analyze data that were originally collected by others.

• A) primary analysis
• B) tertiary analysis
• C) secondary analysis
• D) manifest analysis

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Definitions:

Past Performance

Indicates the historical financial results or operational achievements of a company, used as an indicator of potential future results.

Future Returns

The projected earnings or losses on an investment over an upcoming period.

Efficient Markets Hypothesis

A theory that asserts that financial markets are "informationally efficient", meaning that prices of securities fully reflect all available information at any point in time.

EMH

Efficient Market Hypothesis, a theory that suggests all available information is already reflected in stock prices, hence making it difficult to achieve consistently higher returns.