List 3 main sources to collect primary data and secondary data, respectively.

Question
Abbi is a final year student in Bath Spa University doing her exam. After discussing with her supervisor, her research objective is to estimate the relationship between returns of stocks and level of risk of stocks (i.e. standard deviation of stock returns).

Abbi is using primary data and secondary data for her research.

⦁ List 3 main sources to collect primary data and secondary data, respectively;
(6 marks)

⦁ Abbi collected the below data from Thomson Reuters Eikon of Tesco. How much is

⦁ Arithmetic mean of the stock price?

⦁ The median of the stock price?

⦁ The monthly percentage change on 01/04/2020?

Date              Tesco Stock Price

01/05/2019          220.0
01/06/2019          224.1
01/07/2019          220.7
01/08/2019          216.6
01/09/2019          238.2
01/10/2019          232.5
01/11/2019          229.4
01/12/2019          255.2
01/01/2020         246.9
01/02/2020         228.5
01/03/2020         228.8
01/04/2020         218.8
03/04/2020         223.9

(12 marks)

⦁ What is the best type of chart to represent the variable Tesco Stock Price?
(3 marks)

⦁ In her argument, Abbi states that primary data is qualitative data. Is it correct? If not, how would you explain to Abbi?

(4 marks)

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