When Dr. Baker, a professor at a university, uses data from the United States Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture on farm size, he is using _____ data.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) content
D) historical

Question

When Dr. Baker, a professor at a university, uses data from the United States Department of Agriculture's  Census of Agriculture on farm size, he is using _____ data.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) content
D) historical

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Dr. Baker is using data that has already been collected and published by the USDA, making it secondary data. Primary data is collected directly by the researcher. Content data refers to the actual data being analyzed, rather than the source of the data. Historical data refers to data that is from a specific time period in the past, whereas the USDA's Census of Agriculture is conducted every 5 years, making it current rather than historical.

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