BBA I st year

Minor I

Business Statistics 

Unit -2 

Topic- methods of collection of secondary data 

Trapti Bala Jakhetiya 

COLLECTION OF SECONDARY DATA

Secondary data are those data which have already been collected by some other persons for their purpose. That is why it is said that secondary data are not collected but they are used. The secondary data can be obtained from various sources of information. The sources of secondary data can broadly be classified

under two heads: (a) Published Sources, (b) Unpublished Sources.)

(a) Published Sources

Published sources can be classified as official (or national or internatioal) semi-official and private.

The various published sources of secondary data are:

1. Government publications: Various ministeries and departments of the Union and State Governments publish regularly statistics on a number o

subjects. The main publications are: (i) Reserve Bank of India Bulletin

-Monthly

(ii) Statistical Abstract of India

-Annually

(iii) Economic Survey

Annually

(iv) Five Year Plan Draft and Progress Report

(v) Annual Survey of Industries

(vi) Indian Trade Journal

(vii) Census Report, 1991

Weekly

(viii) Report on Currency and Finance

(ix) Monthly Abstract of Statistics

(x) Agricultural Statistics of India

-Monthly

(xi) Abstract of Agricultural Statistics

(xii) Labour Gazette.

2. Semi-official publications: Local bodies such as Municipal Corporation District Boards, etc., publish periodical reports which give factual informatior about health, sanitation, births, deaths, etc.

3. International publications: The international organisations like, United Nations Organisation (U.N.O.), International Labour Organisation (I.L.O.) International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.), International Financial Corporation World Bank, etc., publish relevant data. The main international publications are:

(1) U.N. Statistical Year Book

(ii) Annual Report of International Monetary Fund

(iii) Annual Report of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific

(iv) Annual Report of World Bank.

4. Reports of Commissions and Committees Various commissions and ommittees are appointed by the Central and State Governments for some pecial study and recommendations) The reports of such special commissions nd committees contain valuable data. Some of the reports are:

(i) Reports of Finance Commission

(ii) Reports of Pay Commission

(iii) Reports of Planning Commission

(iv) Reports of National Agricultural Commission.

(v) Reports of the Traffic Commission

( vi) Reports of National Labour Commission.

Publications and Reports of Trade Associations and Chambers of Com. merce: Trade Associations and Chambers of Commerce collect and publish

statistics pertaining to trade and commerce. For example. Indian Cotton Milla Federation, Jute Mills' Association. Federation of Indian Chambers of Com. merce and Industry, Institute of Chartered Accountants, etc. Stock Exchanges Produce Exchanges, etc., also publish various types of statistics.

6. Publications of Universities and Research Institutes: Universities, Re. search Institutes and other bodies publish the relevant data. For example,

(1) Indian Statistical Institute

(ii) National Council of Applied Economic Research

(iii) National Sample Survey Organization

(iv) University Research Bureau

(v) Central Statistical Organization.

Articles, Market Review and Reports, etc., also provide significant data.

Newspapers and Journals: Various Newspapers, Journals, Magazines, Weeklies and Dailies etc. provide data. For example,

(i) Economic Times

-Daily

(ii) The Financial Express

-Daily

(iii) Commerce

-Weekly

(iv) Yojna

-Twice in a Month

(v) Transport

-Monthly

(vi) Journal of Industry and Trade

-Monthly

8. Publications of Individual Research Scholars: Research scholars at the colleges, institutes and universities publish their research work.

(b) Unpublished Sources

Statistical data are also available from unpublished sources. For example, the unpublished data of Research Institutes, Trade Associations, Colleges and Universities, Labour Bureaus, Research Scholars, etc.

Records maintained by various government and private offices, bye-products of administration, reports of commissions and committees not made

public also come under the category of unpublished sources.