Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Data are recorded observations on defined indicators or variables, drawn either directly from field sources or from pre-existing records, making Assertion A a sound definition.

Reason R claims data are always gathered for a research degree, which is false because data serve policy, administration, journalism and commerce too.

Both-correct options fail since R is factually wrong and cannot stand alongside A.

The option making R the true explanation collapses once R itself is rejected.

Treating A as wrong ignores that its account of primary and secondary data is accurate.

Primary data come from original fieldwork while secondary data are reused from earlier studies or archives.