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Primary & Secondary Data Definitions - Public Health Research Guide - Research Guides at Benedictine University Library Benedictine University Library Home Databases Interlibrary Loan For Faculty FAQ Archives About Home / Research Guides / Public Health Research Guide / Primary & Secondary Data Definitions Search Public Health Research Search this Guide Search Guide: Primary & Secondary Data Definitions Home COVID-19 Myths, misinformation Primary Data Sources Primary & Secondary Data Definitions Secondary Data Sources Websites Databases Creating Infographics Sample Poster Presentations Writing for Peer-Reviewed Journals SPSS Tutorial Books and eBooks https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=282050&p=4036581[6/30/2020 2:40:18 PM] Primary & Secondary Data Definitions - Public Health Research Guide - Research Guides at Benedictine University Library Guide Author Sulbha Wagh Email Me Science Outreach Librarian Contact: Kindlon Hall 313 (630) 829-6054 Ask a Librarian Lisle: (630) 829-6057 Mesa: (480) 878-7514 Toll Free: (877) 575-6050 Email: libref@ben.edu Research Consultations Library Hours Primary & Secondary Data Definitions Primary Data: Data that has been generated by the researcher himself/herself, surveys, interviews, experiments, specially designed for understanding and solving the research problem at hand. Secondary Data: Using existing data generated by large government Institutions, healthcare facilities etc. as part of organizational record keeping. The data is then extracted from more varied datafiles. Supplementary Data: A few years ago the Obama Administration judged that any research that is done using https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=282050&p=4036581[6/30/2020 2:40:18 PM] Primary & Secondary Data Definitions - Public Health Research Guide - Research Guides at Benedictine University Library Federal Public funds should be available for free to the public. Moreover Data Management Plans should be in place to store and preserve the data for almost eternity. These data sets are published as Supplementary Materials in the journal lliterature, and data sets can downloaded and manipulated for research. NOTE: Even though the research is Primary source, the supplemental files downloaded by others becomes Secondary Source. Pros and Cons for each. Comparison Chart BASIS FOR PRIMARY DATA SECONDARY DATA COMPARISON Meaning Primary data refers to the Secondary data means data first hand data gathered by collected by someone else the researcher himself. earlier. Data Real time data Past data Process Very involved Quick and easy Source Surveys, observations, Government publications, experiments, questionnaire, websites, books, journal personal interview, etc. articles, internal records etc. Cost Expensive Economical effectiveness Collection time Long Short Specific Always specific to the May or may not be specific to researcher's needs. the researcher's need. Available in Crude form Refined form Accuracy and More Relatively less Reliability Quantitative & Qualitative Research Methods https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=282050&p=4036581[6/30/2020 2:40:18 PM] Primary & Secondary Data Definitions - Public Health Research Guide - Research Guides at Benedictine University Library Quantitative Research Definition: Data that can be measured, quantified. Basically Descriptive Statistics. Read: Introduction to Quantitative Methods Qualitative Research Definition: Data collected that is not numerical, hence cannot be quantified. It measures other characteristics through interviews, observation and focused groups among a few methods. It can also be termed as "Categorical Statistics". Read: Qualitative methods in public health Mixed methods research. When quantitative and qualitative research methods are used. Qualitative Research Methods: Method Overall Purpose Advantages Challenges Surveys Quickly and/or easily gets lots can complete might not get of information from people in anonymously careful a non threatening way inexpensive to feedback administer wording can easy to compare and bias client's analyze responses administer to many impersonal people may need can get lots of data sampling many sample expert questionnaires doesn't get full already exist story Interviews Understand someone's get full range and can take ime impressions or experiences depth of information can be hard to Learn more about answers to develops relationship analyze and questionnaires with client compare can be flexible with can be costly client interviewer can bias client's responses Observation Gather firsthand information view operations of a can be difficult about people, events, or program as they are to interpret programs actually occurring seen can adapt to events behaviors as they occur can be complex to categorize observations can influence behaviors of program participants https://researchguides.ben.edu/c.php?g=282050&p=4036581[6/30/2020 2:40:18 PM]
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