Definition:Secondary Data

Definition

Secondary data are data which are calculated from primary data.

Examples

Examples of secondary data include

percentages

means

standard deviations.

Also see

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): data (singular datum)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): data (singular datum)