This is how to use the data collected by the primary research data of others. The use of secondary research has been very useful in terms of cost effectiveness. Before what may be the most expensive primary data. Therefore, there is an existing secondary research on the same subject. It might be the advantages and disadvantages to using secondary data. The cost-saving benefits are available in the advantage is that it can be used in the research of other organisations. Data can be collected without the alert in what they are doing, such as the annual research reports, company details and company house almost all have a website that contains a lot of information. (Hyman & Sierra, 2010)
Some of the disadvantages appear when bought or spent time searching for them. It may be not covered with something we need, we cannot know the information bias whether or not know they came from. Secondary research will guide the way we need to conduct primary research.