Collecting secondary data

Which of these statements describes primary data?

• Information stored on the internet.

• Information that is collected directly from the source.

• Information that already exists.

A supermarket collects data by analysing sales records.

What type of data is this?

• Primary data

• Secondary data

A questionnaire is used to collect which type of data?

• Primary data

• Secondary data

Which pizza was the most popular on Saturday?

• Cheese feast

• Vegetarian

• Meat lovers

• Anchovy

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CCSS.8.SP.A.4

Would you collect primary data or secondary data to answer this question. Which countries in the world have active volcanoes?

• secondary data

• primary data

What is a census?

• A tool used to collect statistical data
• Statistics collected from an entire population
• The factual information collected from a survey or other source 
• A group chosen from a population

What is a survey?

• process of collecting statistical data from a small group of a population

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• An element or feature that can vary

• A person chosen from a population

What is statistics?

• The science of collecting and analysing data

• Statistics collected from an entire population

• An element or feature that can vary

• A group chosen from a population

What is an example of secondary research?

• Consumer Panel

• Observation

• Newspaper

• Questionnaire

What is the better definition of secondary research?

• Stealing someone else's information
• Using information that already exists
• Collecting new information
• Finding old research