REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Primary sources are materials from the time of the person or event being researched. Letters, diaries, artifacts, photographs, and other types of first-hand accounts and records are all primary sources.
Detailed explanation-2: -Common examples of primary sources include interview transcripts, photographs, novels, paintings, films, historical documents, and official statistics. Anything you directly analyze or use as first-hand evidence can be a primary source, including qualitative or quantitative data that you collected yourself.
Detailed explanation-3: -Primary sources are materials that provide raw data of historical events or the creator’s firsthand experience of the events. When the source does not contain firsthand knowledge and analyzes primary sources, it is a secondary source.