Yes it is more reliable as it shows exact happenings and without bias, but interpretation of that source can be different in various perceptions.
Another viewNo. All sources, whether primary or secondary, need to be evaluated.
Moreover, the term primary source can be problematical. There are many kinds of primary sources, and in all cases their reliability needs to be assessed. The fact that a source is 'old and ancient' does not necessarily make it primary or reliable.
Take, for example, a chronicle kept by monks in a medieval monastery of key events that happened in their own lifetime. Key questions one needs to ask include these:
On the other hand, if you are looking at the monastery's medieval laundry lists, then there is presumably no reason to be skeptical.
In practice one often has to take 'authority' as a guide to reliability, for example, the fact that among specialists in the subject a source is generally regarded as reliable, and/or the fact that it has been recommended by a teacher that you trust on the scholarly or scientific level.
Primary sources are by far better, they are usually both more detailed and more accurate. Secondary sources however, can be used, but it is suggested that they are only applied when in concurrence with the primary and after you have expended all of the primary as well.
first hand experience as opposed to second. as simple as that, would you rather a soldier tell you his story or his son tell it?
A Primary Source is straight form the horses mouth. A Secondary Source is when a Primary Source is quoted by someone else, someone who hears the Primary Source and tells it to a Third Party.
Primary-they/it were actually there
They summarize conclusions about primary sources.
They summarize conclusions about primary sources.
(Apex) They summarize conclusions about primary sources.
Yes, The data collected in a survey is a primary source, and conclusions based on that data would be a secondary source.
Unlike primary sources, which provide first-hand accounts, secondary sources offer different perspectives, analysis, and conclusions of those accounts.
(Apex) They summarize conclusions about primary sources.
i think that it is a secondary source because it dosen't look like that person who drew it was there
i think that it is a secondary source because it dosen't look like that person who drew it was there
i think that it is a secondary source because it dosen't look like that person who drew it was there
They summarize conclusions about primary sources.
primary reseach is better because with primary reseach you know how much of it is relivent and also u know how much is reliable
Since they consume algae and protozoans you could argue that they are both primary and secondary consumers being that they are omnivorous.