Glossary Entry

Secondary Data 

Data collected for another project. Sources for secondary data include:

  • your organization's previous work
  • government institutions
  • journals
  • books
  • newspapers
  • the Internet
Related terms: Data, Primary Data, Qualitative Data, Quantitative Data

adapted from NCI's Using What Works
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