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Secondary Data

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Key Stage 2

Meaning

Secondary Data is data that you get from someone else's investigation.

About Secondary Data

Secondary Data can come from a book or the internet or a friend who has done the same experiment.
Not all secondary data can be trusted. Just because it is written in a book or on the internet doesn't mean it's true. Someone might have written fake results.
You should check to make sure your secondary data comes from a reliable source.
Secondary Data is important because you can use it to compare with your results so see if your results are the same everywhere in the world.

Key Stage 3

Meaning

Secondary Data is results taken from another, similar, investigation to your own.

About Secondary Data=

Secondary data is used to confirm the results of an experiment or investigation by checking that others can get similar results.