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This 4 page paper looks at the sources, resources and tools that may have been used to collect data in an article supplied by the student, The paper considers the different aspects of both sources of data and the ways in which hey may be gathered and checked for reliability and credibility.
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data used. Research will often start with secondary data, this is data or research produced by others and will usually be in the published domain, usually within books, periodicals
or professional and/or acidic journals. In addition to this there is an increase level of data on the internet. Where data of
this nature is used there will need to be some consideration of the reliability of the information being used, if the article has appeared within a peer reviewed journal this
will usually be sufficient to ensure it is suitable to be used. However, other areas, such as non peer reviewed journals and to a greater extent, the internet, may result
in articles that are less reliable. Where this occurs the researcher is like to look for some for of collaboration to cross check the information given. If this cannot be
done they may reject the use of that source, or may use it in a less exacting manner, such as anecdotal evidence or evidence that is not substantiated and
as such is interesting but not conclusive. Other sources of secondary data may be straightforward data sources such as official statistics and census details, or other official data or information
collections. The use of theories and more general data may also be taken from academic books, many basic theories and application examples
and given n these more general contexts and are suitable for application to the real cases. An example of the use of the may be the more general references made
in the article supplied by the student of the cost of employee turnover not being limited to the direct costs only, but also impacting on aspects within a company such
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