Secondary analysis Data Governance and Data Quality
noun phrase
Definition: A research method in which investigators analyze data that have already been collected, often by other researchers, in order to answer new research questions or to revisit existing questions using different analytical approaches [Wickham 2019].
Example in context: “This study investigated whether message frequency was associated with daily physical activity… using a secondary data analysis from the random AIM trial…” [Wu et al. 2024]
Synonym: secondary data analysis
Related terms: secondary research; re-use of existing data