Question

Please explain the difference between a secondary source and a primary source.

Answer 1

Difference between primary and secondary source are as follows:

Primary source:

*Primary sources are first-hand accounts of a topic

*Published research, newspaper articles, and other media are typical secondary sources

*  Primary source data is particularly important when doing research or trying to gain a deep understanding of a situation as it contains the original or raw evidence

*  Primary sources are direct from an event or original source, such as the Declaration of Independence,

* Primary sources are more credible as evidence, but good research uses both primary and secondary sources.

* A primary source gives you direct access to the subject of your research.

Secondary resources :

* secondary sources are any account of something that is not a primary source.

*  Secondary sources can, however, cite both primary sources and secondary sources.

*  secondary sources typically include information where people begin developing initial understandings of a topic and literature reviews.

* secondary sources are anything written about something that isn't the primary account of whatever the source is referencing, such as textbooks discussing the Declaration.

* . A secondary source describes, interprets, or synthesizes primary sources.

*  Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers.