USA Today conducted a poll which found that 84% of the persons responding to the poll indicated they had changed in some significant way since 9/11.This type of data would be considered which of the following?
A)internally generated secondary data
B)internally generated primary data
C)externally generated secondary data
D)externally generated primary data
E)none of the above

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Externally generated secondary data refers to data that have been collected by someone other than the researcher or the organization. In this case, the data (poll results) were collected by USA Today and not by the researcher or the organization conducting the research. Additionally, the data are considered secondary because they were collected for a purpose other than the specific research study being conducted.

USA Today Conducted a Poll Which Found That 84% of the Persons