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n. The research that involves the collection of data that does not yet exist.
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Primary research involves the collection of original primary data by researchers. It is often undertaken after researchers have gained some insight into an issue by reviewing secondary research or by analyzing previously collected primary data. It can be accomplished through various methods, including questionnaires and telephone interviews in market research, or experiments and direct observations in the physical sciences, amongst others. The distinction between primary research and secondary research is crucial among market-research professionals.
Usage examples of "primary research".
It will, undoubtedly, be an area of primary research focus for years to come, and it is likely to be one of the major growth areas of the field.
The primary research room was as Teabing had described it-a dramatic octagonal chamber dominated by an enormous round table around which King Arthur and his knights might have been comfortable were it not for the presence of twelve flatscreen computer workstations.
The primary research room was as Teabing had described it-a dramatic octagonal chamber dominated by an enormous round table around which King Arthur and his knights might have been comfortable were it not for the presence of twelve flat-screen computer workstations.
These days, because the primary research work was no longer focused on developing the gate itself, the main lab was attended by institute personnel only for routine maintenance of the machinery and, of course, when a jaunt was in progress.
There were multiple, economically lucrative uses for such a compound, and BioNeering was investigating them, extracting the genetic material responsible for its secretion from wood harvested at the plant, which served as Mariel Ubel's primary research lab.
Of course that would render her useless as a subject in his primary research, but one had to make difficult choices sometimes.
This was the primary research area, where the immotile units had built facilities to explore every scientific discipline.