Question

Asher decides to conduct a study on the effectiveness of the Gardasil vaccine but lacks time and money to gather his own data. As a result, he analyzes the data that were gathered by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this case, Asher is conducting __________.

Answer 1

Secondary analysis.

Step-by-step explanation:

A secondary analysis is a new analysis of already analised data by a new researcher, usually to ask new questions. In this case, Asher is re-analysing a study made by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the effectiveness of the Gardasil vaccine. Asher picks already gathered data by the CDCP and uses it for his study, providing a secondary analysis.