primary data

(noun)

information collected by the investigator conducting the research

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Examples of primary data in the following topics:

  • Primary Market Research

    • Primary research consists of the collection of original primary data.
    • Primary research consists of the collection of original primary data.
    • Compared to secondary research, primary data may be very expensive in preparing and carrying out the research.
    • It takes longer to undertake primary research than to acquire secondary data.
    • All research, whether primary or secondary, depends eventually on the collection of primary research data.

  • Researching Consumer Markets

    • There are two main sources of data - primary and secondary.
    • Primary research is conducted from scratch.
    • It is conducted on data published previously and usually by someone else.
    • Secondary research costs far less than primary research, but seldom comes in a form that exactly meets the needs of the researcher.

  • Customer Relationship Management

    • The primary objective of CRM is to integrate various inputs of knowledge and data (i.e. the top four circles), and distill this information into useful leanings for various organizational groups (the bottom four rectangles).

  • Data and Information

    • Data consists of nothing but facts, which can be manipulated to make it useful; the analytical process turns the data into information.
    • Binary files (readable by a computer but not a human) are sometimes called "data" and are distinguishable from human-readable data, referred to as "text" .
    • Once data is in digital format, various procedures can be applied on the data to get useful information.
    • Data processing may involve various processes, including:
    • Data processing may or may not be distinguishable from data conversion, which involves changing data into another format, and does not involve any data manipulation.

  • Hardware and Software Improvements

    • Unlike standard computer memory (random access memory or RAM) in which the user supplies a memory address and the RAM returns the data word stored at that address, a CAM is designed such that the user supplies a data word and the CAM searches its entire memory to see if that data word is stored anywhere in it.
    • If the data word is found, the CAM returns a list of one or more storage addresses where the word was found.
    • Fiber-optic and photonic devices, which already have been used to transport data over long distances, are now entering the data center—side by side with CPU and semiconductor memory components.
    • Agile processes use feedback, rather than planning, as their primary control mechanism.

  • Consumerization of IT

    • The emergence of consumer markets as the primary driver of information technology innovation is seen as a major IT industry shift, as large business and government organizations dominated the early decades of computer usage and development .
    • The primary impact of consumerization is that it is forcing businesses, especially large enterprises, to rethink the way they procure and manage IT equipment and services.
    • The giant data centers that have been and are being built by firms such as Google, Apple, Amazon and others are far larger and generally much more efficient than the data centers used by most large enterprises.
    • Supporting these consumer-driven volumes requires new levels of efficiency and scale, and this is transforming many traditional data center approaches and practices.
    • Among the major changes are reliance on low cost, commodity servers, N+1 system redundancy, and largely unmanned data center operations.

  • Forced Entry

    • Generally, however, it may be divided into two categories: crimes that target computers directly, and crimes facilitated by computer networks or devices, the primary target of which is independent of the network or device.
    • Altering data before entry or entering false data, or entering unauthorized instructions or using unauthorized processes are the most common examples.
    • Someone can steal or misappropriate personal information without then committing identity theft using the stolen information; this can happen when a major data breach occurs and the information of a large number of people is compromised.
    • On August 3, 2000, Canadian federal prosecutors charged MafiaBoy with 54 counts of illegal access to computers, plus a total of 10 counts of mischief to data for his attacks.

  • Free Enterprise

    • China is seen as the primary example of a successful state capitalist system.
    • Political scientist Ian Bremmer describes China as the primary driver for the rise of state capitalism as a challenge to the free market economies of the developed world, particularly in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.
    • Scatter graph of the People's Republic of China's GDP between years 1952 to 2005, based on publicly available nominal GDP data published by the People's Republic of China and compiled by Hitotsubashi University (Japan) and confirmed by economic indicator statistics from the World Bank.

  • Classifying Consumer Products

    • Intangible Data Products can further be classified into Virtual Digital Goods ("VDG") that are virtually located on a computer OS and accessible to users as conventional file types, such as JPG and MP3 files.
    • Open Source Code, GNU Linux, or even Android, may manipulate and/or convert base Virtual Digital Goods ("VDG") into process-oriented Real Digital Goods ("RDG"), as part of an application process or manufactured service that may be viewed on Personal Data Assistant ("PDA") or other hand-held tangible devices or OS computer.
    • Extensive distribution is the primary marketing strategy.

  • The Discount Rate

    • The Fed offers three discount window programs to depository institutions: primary credit, secondary credit, and seasonal credit, each with its own interest rate.
    • Under the primary credit program, loans are extended for a very short term (usually overnight) to depository institutions in generally sound financial condition.
    • The discount rate charged for primary credit (the primary credit rate) is set above the usual level of short-term market interest rates.
    • (Because primary credit is the Federal Reserve's main discount window program, the Federal Reserve, at times, uses the term "discount rate" to mean the primary credit rate. ) The discount rate on secondary credit is above the rate on primary credit.
    • Describe the Fed's primary credit, secondary credit, and seasonal credit lending programs