Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Data Has Been Collected and Reported

Multiple Choice

Gross domestic product (GDP) data has been collected and reported by the government for many years, and researchers can use this data to compare company performance over time with the country's output. The fact that GDP data has been collected over a long period of time implies it is an example of which type of secondary data?

A) time series
B) internal
C) syndicated
D) financial
E) cross-sectional