Assignment:
Secondary Data Analysis
Describe secondary data analysis. What are the four major types of secondary data? Provide a specific example of each of the four. Which research methods rely on secondary data? What are some of the methodological issues associated with secondary data analysis?
Your paper must meet the following requirements:
• Your written paper should be 2 to 3 pages in length not counting the title and reference pages, which you must include.
• Use terms, evidence, and concepts from class readings.
• Cite at least three scholarly sources for this assignment. Scholarly resources include: peer-reviewed journal articles, books, the class textbook, or reports/documents from the government (.gov sites). A scholarly source does not include general sources from the internet (.com, .org, .edu, and .net sites are not scholarly). Scholarly resources should be current (no older than five years). If the class textbook is used as a source, then two other scholarly sources must be used.