3. Secondary data is the data that has already been collected through primary sources
What is Secondary Data?
It is a type of data that has already been collected in the past.
4. Common sources of secondary data:
Surveys
Census
Organization
al record
Qualitative
5. A census is the procedure of systematically enumerating, and
acquiring and recording information about the members of a
given population.
Census
6. A survey is a list of questions aimed at
extracting specific data from a particular group
of people.
Survey
Organizational
data
Organizational data describe central characteristics of
organizations, their internal structures and processes as
well as their behavior as corporate actors in different
social and economic contexts.
7. Major sources of secondary data:
1.Published data
2. Unpublished data
8. 1. Newspaper
Published data
The sources of published data are as below:
A newspaper is a serial publication which
contains daily or weekly and that contains news on
current events of special or general interest , articles
of opinion, features, and advertising .
9. National and World Wide Webs as On-Line
Sources as www.exponhotlinocom, OILS
(Government Information Location Service)
etc.
2. Web
10. 3. Official publications of governments' and semi governments’
organizations:
4. Official publication of foreign government or international bodies like the
UNO, World Bank, ADO, WTO, UNESCO, ILO, WHO, UNEP etc.
5. Reports and publications of Trade union, Chamber of Commence,
Commercial Flanks, Co-operatives, Stock Exchange etc
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and National Institute of Population
Research and Training (NIPORT) arc the major sources of data for seconds,
analysis.
11. 6. Reports of various committees and commissions appointed by
government.
5. Report submited to economists, research scholars,universities and
various educational and research institutions like SRT, BRRI, BIDS, B1RI,
BRRC, BRAC etc .
12. Unpublished Sources
The statistical data does not need to be published always.
There are various sources of unpublished statistical data
1. The records maintained by private farms
2. Business enterprise,
3. Scholars, research workers etc.