What is the difference between secondary analysis and primary research?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of secondary analysis as a scientific inquiry?
Read Table 5.3 on page 125. Pick one source and explore information that is contained in that source. What did you learn?
Table 5.3
Selected published statistics sources
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The comprehensive database of Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) statistics
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