Secondary ResearchUsing data that already exists, and checking it is fit to use.MarketingSources and checks.SourcesOfficial statistics and census dataIndustry and trade association reportsCompany filings and annual reportsAcademic literatureInternal sales and CRM dataChecks before useWho funded it, and whyWhen was it collectedHow was the sample drawnAre the definitions the same as yoursIs the raw method publishedSecondary research is cheap and fast, so do it first. It often answers thequestion, or sharpens it considerably.Secondary Researchlearnposters.com
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What’s on the Secondary Research poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

Sources and checks.

Secondary research is cheap and fast, so do it first. It often answers the question, or sharpens it considerably.

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What’s on the Secondary Research poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. Sources and checks. Sources: Official statistics and census data, Industry and trade association reports,…; Checks before use: Who funded it, and why, When was it collected, How was the sample…. Secondary research is cheap and fast, so do it first. It often answers the question, or sharpens it considerably.
Who is the Secondary Research poster for?
Secondary Research belongs to the Marketing section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning research can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Secondary Research poster?
Someone else collected it for their purpose. That purpose shapes what it can answer. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Secondary Research belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Secondary Research?
Analytics & Research, Concept Testing and Customer Interviews sit alongside Secondary Research in the Marketing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Analytics & ResearchConcept TestingCustomer Interviews
Is the Secondary Research poster free to download and print?
Yes. Secondary Research downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Marketing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Secondary Research poster print at?
Secondary Research is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Secondary Research loses nothing.Printing guide

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