What are the benefits of using both primary and secondary research?

Why is it good to use both primary and secondary research?

Most research uses both primary and secondary sources. They complement each other to help you build a convincing argument. Primary sources are more credible as evidence, but secondary sources show how your work relates to existing research.

How can primary research be an advantage to secondary research?

This is because secondary research may provide a researcher with a basis of knowledge on what relevant information had already been compiled by other researchers in the past. Primary research fills in the subsequent gaps in information that a researcher was not able to gather through secondary research methods.

Can you mix primary and secondary research?

Popular Answers (1) GENERAL PRACTICE: Generally, we do not combine primary and secondary data. However, there is always an exception, if the model requires an adjustment by using secondary data, i.e. a firm's condition that is affected by market condition. In such a case, your firm condition is a primary data.

When it is better to use primary research and when it is better to use secondary research?

Primary research usually costs more and often takes longer to conduct than secondary research, but it gives conclusive results. Secondary research is a type of research that has already been compiled, gathered, organized and published by others.