GP: Intro to Research Process

What is primary research?

• Research you collect before secondary school

• Research you collect yourself

• Research collected by others

• Research that uses numerical data

What is secondary research?

• Research you collect after primary school

• Research you collect yourself

• Research that comes after your first phase of research

• Research that comes from the studies of other people and outside sources

Which of the following is NOT an example of primary research?

• news article

• observations

• surveys/polls

• interviews

Which of the following is NOT an example of a secondary research source?

• a survey about school lunch

• website about sharks

• journal

• online magazine article

Which does this describe: "Firsthand accounts of actual events written by an eyewitness or original author or artist."

• Primary Sources

• Secondary Sources

• Tertiary Sources

• Online Sources

Letters, official records, interviews, observations, survey results, or unanalyzed statistical data are some examples of . . .

• Elementary Research / Elementary Sources

• Tertiary Research / Secondary Sources

• Secondary Research / Secondary Sources

• Primary Research / Primary Sources

Print Media (such as books, brochures, journals, magazines, newspapers, and books) and Digital Media (such as websites, online journals, and other electronic sources) are examples of

• Elementary Research / Elementary Sources

• Tertiary Research / Tertiary Sources

• Primary Research / Primary Sources

• Secondary Research / Secondary Sources

A claim is . . .

An argument is . . .

Relating to the whole world; something that is worldwide

• Synthesize

• Perspective

• Global

• Analysis