Question

You want to understand how the attendance of students affects their academic performance. For this, you go to each individual student in the class and ask his/her percentage marks. You also borrow the attendance record from your teacher to obtain the attendance data.

Select the correct option(s)

• A. Marks data is primary data
• B. Marks data is secondary data
• C. Attendance data is primary data
• D. Attendance data is secondary data

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (D)

The correct options are
A Marks data is primary data
D Attendance data is secondary data

Data which is collected directly or first hand for a specific purpose is called primary data. Data which was collected by another party which one makes use of is called secondary data.