3.7. Source of Data
In conducting the research, the required data were gathered from
both primary and secondary
3.7.1. Primary data
The primary data was collected from all categories of people
constituting the sample. The primary data according to Bailley (1987:2) are eye
witness accounts written by people who experienced a particular event or
behavior.
3.7.2. Secondary Data
Secondary data is a data that already exists in some
organization's basement. Further, still the good thing with existing data is
that we do not need to collect, no need to survey people with the related
problems and at times with no cost but rather use existing data. It is though
this source that the data on the sociological study on environmental
conservation as a means of achieving a sustainable development in rural areas
in Rwanda was conducted by the use of existing documents from library.
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