When a research team has gathered data for specific research needs, this is known as

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Primary data is data that is collected specifically for a particular research purpose, through methods such as surveys, interviews, observations, or experiments. This is in contrast to secondary data, which already exists and is collected for some other purpose. Data mining, data recovery, and data modeling are all processes that can be applied to both primary and secondary data. However, they do not necessarily refer specifically to data that has been gathered for a particular research project, and therefore are not as appropriate answers as primary data.

When a Research Team Has Gathered Data for Specific Research