Global Perspectives - Primary and Secondary sources

What is the definition of a primary source?

• A source of information that has been modified at the time of the study.

• A source of information that has been produced at the time of the study.

• A first-hand (đầu tay) source of information.

• It can be quantitative or qualitative and has not been modified.

• It can be qualitative only since it is the description of an event.

What is the definition of a secondary source?

• A source that was created by someone who experienced and participated in the event.

• It uses a primary source, analyzes it, and presents a modified version of it.

• A first-hand source (đầu tay) of a recent event.

• A source that was created later by someone who did not experience the event

Is a picture
a) a primary or a secondary source, and
b) why is that?

• It is a primary source because it provides direct physical evidence of an event.

• It is a secondary source because someone else took it.

• It is a secondary source because the person who is looking at it did not experience the event.

• It is a primary source only when it is published in an article.

What is a quantitative question?

• It is an open-ended question

• It uses the question words WHAT and WHY

• It is a yes or no question, it asks for numbers or a very short answer (one word)

• It is about quantities, to collect statistical data

What is a qualitative question?

• It is an open-ended question

• It uses the question words WHAT and WHY

• It is a yes or no question, it asks for numbers or a very short answer (one word)

• It asks for someone's perspective (point of view + explanation)

What is a questionnaire?

• It is a printed or online list of questions with choices of answers

• It is a document used to find out about people's perspectives

• It is a document used to collect data, statistics and opinions

• It is when you sit down with a person, ask them questions and record their answers

What is a survey?

• It is a printed or online document with open-ended questions

• It is a document used to collect statistical data, short answers (one word) and opinions

• It is a document used to collect people's perspectives on an issue

• It is a document for which the answers have to be analyzed for purpose of interpretation

What is an interview?

• It is when you sit down with someone, ask them questions and record them

• It is when you distribute a document with questions to the people around you

• Is it a primary source

• It is a secondary source

What am I?

a

A questionnaire

Statistics

An interview

A survey

What am I?

c

A survey

An interview

A questionnaire

Secondary source