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Name the four secondary research sources in B2.1.4.
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Internet-based research, government data and statistics, university research, and a literature search.
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What is secondary research FOR?
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To support or validate primary research: it supplies population data and standards you cannot measure, and it shows whether your own finding is normal or unusual.
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What four questions do you ask of any source?
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Who wrote it and what do they gain? When was it produced? Where did their numbers come from, and from how many people? Who checked it before publication?
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Why is an uncited source worth nothing in an evaluation?
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Nobody can check who produced it or how, so the figure cannot be defended. Citing also exposes the case where several of your sources are repeating one original.
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