Examining or reading about someone elses research (either primary or secondary), such as in a library.
Use of documentation that has been undertaken by other organisations, e.g. tourism reports, primary research by other arts groups.
Secondary research utilises data sources that already exist. The technique used to collect the information is called desk research (for a definition please see desk research). Using the web or visiting libaries would be two forms of desk research.
Information that already exists collected for purposes other than the present one.
data that already exists (p. 145)
Published or recorded data that have already been collected for some purpose other than the current study.
Material published using primary research., i.e. no original research has been done. It may review what has already been produced.
Non-original research gathered from various sources. Secondary information comes from corporate web sites, the trade press, previously published research reports, on-line databases, or interviews with key industry players. It is often used to gather background for a primary research effort or for competitive analysis.
Information from outside sources, public data or published literature
this is when you use information that has already been conducted for your marketing research.
Research data drawn from existing databases such as the U.S. Government's Census Data, data from the Department of Labor, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, etc.
Research undertaken by another.
This term describes data which has been collected by individuals or agencies for purposes other than those of a given research study.
reading about someone else's primary research
Data that was previously collected, analyzed and reported by an outside source.
Research that uses data that has been derived from a primary research study and may include a systematic review of primary research.
analyzing information from previously conducted research projects. See also primary research.
Market research based on information that has been collected and processed.
research collected and published by others
Data gathered from published sources or form syndicated service research firms).
secondary research investigates the work that has already been done, in other words, other people's primary research, which has been published in books and articles. Most research projects involve both primary and secondary research.
The use of information collected through primary research.
Research method using data already gathered by others and reported in books, articles in professional journals, or other sources.
Secondary research involves the summary, collation and/or synthesis of existing research rather than primary research, where data is collected from, for example, research subjects or experiments.
