RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Secondary sources put primary sources in context. They comment, summarize, interpret or analyze information found in primary sources. Secondary sources are usually written by individuals who did not experience firsthand the events about which they are writing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Secondary sources-summaries, second-hand accounts, and analyses of events created by someone who did not witness the event, but may have read or heard about it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Second person or hearsay testimony-an account repeated by someone who did not actually participate in the event. Examples are newspaper accounts from interviews of observers, letters that repeat a story told to the writer, drawings based on other people’s observations, or a book written about a topic.

Detailed explanation-4: -A secondary source is one that was created later by someone that did not experience firsthand or participate in the events in which the author is writing about. Secondary sources often summarize, interpret, analyze or comment on information found in primary sources.