Merits and Demerits of Primary and Secondary Research Tools
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In quantitative research, the usual tools used for primary research are surveys, financial figures produced by the entities themselves, experiments and numerical readings produced by them, statistical modeling and examination through stratification and segmentation (Onkvisit & Shaw, 2008).... The tools available for secondary research include information available on the internet, market research conducted by government and individual market research firms, data available on firms' websites and stock exchange, information from public and private agencies, personal records and published print sources (peer-reviewed papers, books and journals) (Baker, 2012)....