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PRIMARY DATA Definition

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PRIMARY DATA is data that has not been previously published, i.e. the data is derived from a new or orgiinal research study and collected at the source, e.g., in marketing, it is information that is obtained directly from first-hand sources by means of surveys, observation or experimentation.

 

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OFF-BALANCE SHEET is not fully documented accounting transactions that can potentially incur risks of loss that are not fully transparent to investors.

DISCOVERY SAMPLING is sampling to determine whether internal control compliance is greater than or less than the tolerable deviation rate when the expected attribute occurrence rate is zero.


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