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Describe the method of collecting secondary data from unpublished sources.
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Answer
- Some statistical data obtained by private and public organisation or researchers are not published.
- Such data is called unpublished secondary data.
- Unpublished data may be collected on request from the records of private and public organisation.
- From research papers, articles and essays some unpublished data can be obtained.
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