State true or false.

When the information is collected from a source which already has gathered it, such data is called secondary data.

True

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False

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Solution

The correct option is A
True

When the information is gathered from a source which already has the information stored, the data obtained is called secondary data whereas primary data means original data that has been collected specially for the purpose in mind.

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