A student is asked to collect the information about the number of electricity units consumed by a householder in a locality during the last 24 hours, the data thus collected is known as
A
A primary data
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B
A secondary data
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C
Frequency data
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D
Important data
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Solution
The correct option is AA primary data A primary data is collected by the investigator with a definite plan or design in mind. So the data collected here will be primary data.