sources and usages of data 234 unit 6

Data sources and usages in different organizations
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Data sources and usages in different organizations
In all organizations data is needed to help them grow economically and socially. There are different sources and types of data depending on the organization or the uses the data. Data sources depend on the type of organization. There are different types of data primary data and secondary data. Primary data is data observed then recorded directly first-hand whereas secondary data is primary data when published. In work institutions and health organizations, researches conduct many projects each year to get data (Walters, 2007 ).
Census is conducted by government institutions in different countries. Census helps a government to know is population. They get to know the different ages of their population, sex and if their employed or unemployed. This kind of data helps a government in planning for its population. Another source of data in an institution, the owner or controllers of it may want to know the hardships that workers experience so as to better its working conditions. This data helps an organization to retain its workers and motivate them to even work harder to uplift it. In this the organization will have grown its profit margins.
In a health organization , dat…