Primary data are data that is collected and analysed by a researcher for the specific purpose of concentrating on a particular research topic or question. The process of collecting primary data is known as primary research. This is important for a researcher to conduct a primary research to obtain primary data since the secondary data is not sufficient to solve the problem or to answer the research question because of disadvantages of secondary data. Business dictionary (2008, online) describes primary data as the data that is collected or observed from personal experience is knows as primary data.
主数据收集和分析数据,通过一个研究员为明确的目的集中在一个特定的研究主题或问题。收集原始数据的过程被称为主要研究。这是重要的对于一个研究员进行主要研究获得原始数据自二次数据是不足以解决问题或回答研究问题,因为缺点的辅助数据。业务字典(2008,在线)描述了主数据收集的数据或观察到从个人经验是知道作为主要数据。
