DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the Staff Member : P. MADHAVI
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : DCCP
Institute : Govt. Polytechnic, NELLORE
Year/Semester : III Semester
Subject : Quantitative Techniques-I
Sub. Code : CCP-303
Topic : Introduction to Statistics,
Data Collection & Methods
Duration : 50 Mts.
Sub Topic : Sources of Secondary Data
Limitations of Secondary Data
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Teaching Aids : Animations
Objectives:

On completion of this period, you would be

able to:

 List sources of Secondary Data

 State Limitations of Secondary Data

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Recap

Try to answer:

 What are the two types of data?

 What do you understand by primary data?

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SECONDARY DATA

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Secondary Data :

 Data collected by some agency but is used and

analyzed by any other for its own use is called
“secondary data”

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Sources of Secondary Data :

 Published Sources

 Unpublished Sources

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Published Sources :

 Government Publications

 Publications and Reports of Trade

Associations and Chamber of Commerce

 Journals and Newspapers

 Research Work in Universities

 Publication of International Bodies

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Unpublished Sources :

Internal Records of organizations are:

 Cost records

 periodical Profit and Loss statements

 Balance Sheets

 Budgets etc.

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 Contd….

Documents prepared for purposes of

 Registration

 Applications for permits

 Licenses

 Loans etc.

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Limitations of Secondary Data:
 Errors in estimation do not give required degree
of reliability

 Based on inadequate and unreliable sources

 Errors on account of changes in definitions and

modes of classification

 Scope for double counting

 Favoritism of reporting agencies

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 SUMMARY

Secondary data comes from

 Published and
 Unpublished sources

Its limitations include inadequate/unreliable sources and

errors in estimation

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Would you like to rise
any doubts ?

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Quiz
1. Secondary data should be used when:

 It is easily available
 It is less costly
 Data meets purpose of study
 None of these

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2. Secondary data :

 Should be avoided
 Should be used after careful scrutiny
 Is better than primary data
 None of the above

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Frequently Asked Questions
2. List the sources of Secondary Data.

3. What are the limitations of Secondary Data?

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