RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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REPORTING AND THESIS WRITING

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES

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When you’re doing research about an event, person or period in history, you want to look for historical sources of information. Some sources are considered primary sources, and others are considered secondary sources. Primary sources are made by someone who was actually a witness to the events described. Secondary sources are created some time after an event. They are information that someone has gathered and shaped. Secondary sources are often a summary, analysis, criticism or interpretation of the events based on one or more primary sources.
A
People imagine events from the past and write about them to create historical sources.
B
Primary sources are works of fiction, while secondary sources are generally nonfiction and both are historical.
C
Historical sources come from witnesses and from people who study the accounts of witnesses.
D
Secondary sources are historical because they analyze information, but primary sources are not historical.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Primary sources are more credible as evidence, but secondary sources show how your work relates to existing research. Tertiary sources are often used in the first, exploratory stage of research.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Look at the physical nature of your source. Think about the purpose of the source. How does the author try to get the message across? What do you know about the author? Who constituted the intended audience? What can a careful reading of the text (even if it is an object) tell you? 25-Mar-2021

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