REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES
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Question
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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: -An individual document may be a primary source in one context and a secondary source in another. Encyclopedias are typically considered tertiary sources, but a study of how encyclopedias have changed on the Internet would use them as primary sources. Time is a defining element.
Detailed explanation-2: -A secondary source is one that gives information about a primary source. In this source, the original information is selected, modified and arranged in a suitable format. Secondary sources involve generalization, analysis, interpretation, or evaluation of the original information.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of Secondary Sources: Textbooks, edited works, books and articles that interpret or review research works, histories, biographies, literary criticism and interpretation, reviews of law and legislation, political analyses and commentaries.