Question

If used as a source for a research paper, this passage would be considered
A) a biography.
B) a primary source.
C) statistical data.
D) a secondary source.

Answer 1

"Option D" is the perfect answer as a secondary source depicts, discusses, comments upon; then evaluates, interprets, analyses, processes, as well as summarizes primary sources. It is commonly referred to remove more than one time period or event. In addition, it is produced or written following the truth alongside the advantage of knowing the past. Examples of secondary source are:

1. Book references

2. Anecdotal works

3. Reference books, comprising atlases, encyclopedias and dictionaries

Whereas, a primary source offers firsthand or immediate proof around a work of art, person, event or object. Examples are:

1. Memoirs and Autobiographies

2. Journals, informal letters, and correspondence

3. Fieldwork, surveys and interviews