RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America.
A
Primary Source
B
Secondary Source
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A Primary Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event. Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies. A Secondary Source gets its information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of secondary sources include: biographies. journal articles. magazine articles. dissertations.

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