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Primary is a direct response and report (source, basically) coming from a real witness or writing that was made by a real witness of a situation. Secondary, is well...secondary. It is not totally accurate and coming from a witness. Secondary sources are made from primary sources. Secondary sources would be textbooks, while primary sources would be from real live witnesses, journals from witnesses, and archealogical findings and artifacts.
Primary source is information that you have collected yourself, this can be in a form of survey, asking questions etc.
Secondary source is information from an external source such as TV, internet, Books etc.
Eddie Hane
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∙ 6y agoA primary source is information from the actual time, place or event. In addition to eyewitness accounts, routinely compiled records also count as primary sources.
A secondary source is information that has been analyzed by someone, or rewritten, or evaluated, like information from a textbook or article.
Gossip (that is repeated later information, often distorted or garbled) has no value at all as evidence.
A primary source is material produced by someone who was at the scene, event, or occurrence. These may be letters, drawings, paintings, objects, photos, or video.
A secondary source is a later report or discussion or a textbook. Both primary and secondary sources can be altered to favor a certain point of view, so should be used with caution.
School textbooks, encyclopedia articles and the like are generally compilations of several secondary sources and are therefore tertiary sources.
Let's imagine I want to know what you had for breakfast this morning. There are a number of ways I could find out. For instance I could ask one of your friends or I could ask a relative. The information I gained as a result may well be true. However, if your friend wasn't there at the time their information might be wrong. If I choose to believe that person I'm accepting a secondary source.
What can I do to make sure that the data I get is as accurate as it possibly can be? Obviously I need to ask YOU what you ate for breakfast. You are my primary source for that information.
Likewise if I want to know when the Second World War ended I'd do better to speak to someone who actually heard Attlee's or Stalin's or Truman's declaration than to ask my friend who sits next to me and who was born decades later.
But suppose I want to know about the life of Anne Boleyn. Bearing in mind there's no one alive who knew her back in the 16th century I can't go to her or any of her friends and ask them directly. Any book written about her at the actual time would be considered a primary source, likewise something that belonged to her -- the closer it is to her the better.
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What is the difference between primary source of data and secondary source of data?
Secondary = finding existing info Primary = creating, researching this new info
What is the difference between primary information and secondary information?
Primary source information is original material,Secondary sources analyze and interpret primary sources
The Declaration of Independence a primary source or a secondary source of historical information relating to American independence?
When researching American independence or almost any founding-period subject, the Declaration of Independence is indeed a primary source. The difference between primary sources and secondary sources hinges on this simple distinction: a primary source is (or was) "there", while a secondary source is (or was) not "there" but instead talks "about" it.
What the difference between primary and secondary pollutants?
Primary pollutants are pollutants that enters the air directly from a source and Secondary pollutants are air pollutantsproduced by the reaction of a primary pollutant with some other pollutant
What is the difference between a description of the battle of bunker hill from a primary sources and from a secondary source?
A primary source would be from someone who was actually at the battle, while a secondary source would be from someone who had heard about the battle or wrote about it, but wasn't actually at the battle.
What can be distinguished between the primary and secondary sources?
A secondary source has the benefit of hindsight.
What is the difference between primary and secondary?
Primary would be the first of whatever you're talking about, and secondary would be the second or the once-removed whatever it is. For example, a primary source of research would be something like a diary or letter, which would be a first-line information source - a secondary source would be a textbook reporting about what the person described in the letter or diary.
What does Secondary sources of energy mean?
That means that there is a primary source of energy, and the secondary one is used incase the other fails.
Is Pericles speech considered a primary or a secondary source?
is pericles primary source or secondary source
Is a diary primary or secondary?
It is a primary source.
Is an encyclopedia a primary source?
No, an encyclopedia is a secondary source.
What best describes the difference between primary and secondary source?
Primary sources are accounts or descriptions based on a first hand, one sided experience. A secondary source is created by some-one (normally a historian) who has gathered up primary sources and sometimes some other secondary sources, then written what they perceive as a more reliable, detached account.
