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Secondary analysis is not a new research technique. Research reports have been reexamined for as long as they have been written. Likewise, data collected for one purpose have long been put to other uses. Though the concept of secondary analysis may be simple, evaluators have seldom addressed issues regarding the purpose of secondary analysis, its uses, and its problems. Further, the advantages of secondary analysis are bought at a price that has not been considered fully. Few
Robert G. St. Pierre (1983) studied this question.