Question
Differentiate between Primary, Secondary and tertiary source of information.
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Basis
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Primary Source of Information
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Secondary Source of Information
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Tertiary Source of Information
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Meaning
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Primary sources are original materials collected from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or valuation. They present original thinking, report a discovery, or share new information.
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It refers to all those information collected through original information, and after that further modified, selected or rearranged for a specific purpose or objectives. It is also called as an interpretations and evaluations of primary sources.
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It refers to all those information which is a distillation and collection of primary and secondary sources.
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Information
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The data is collected by the investigator himself/ herself, for the first time. They present first hand accounts and information relevant to an event.
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One that was created by someone who did not have first hand experience or did not participate in the events/ situations being researched.
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It may be second hand or third hand and not considered to be acceptable material on which to base academic research are usually not credited to a particular author.
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Description
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The information is described its original form, not interpreted, condensed or valuated any other people.
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It describes, analyse, interpret, evaluate, comment on and discuss the evidence given by primary sources.
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Are intended Only to describe and provide an overview of what the topic includes, its basic terminology, and often references for further reading.
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Evidence
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They are usually evidence accounts of the events, practices being researched and created by a person.
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It is not in the form of original evidence but modified one.
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It is not considered as form of original evidence but further distilled one.
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Methods of Collection:
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(i) Direct personal investigation.
(ii) Indirect oral investigation.
(iii) Local correspondents.
(iv) Mailed questionnaire.
(v) Questionnaire through enumerators.
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(i) Published: Government publications, International Publications, Reports of Committees and trade Association Publications of Personnel Investigation.
(ii) Unpublished: Not published and but sometime available in office records.
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(i) Published: Government Publication or non government institutions.
(ii) Unpublished: Internet.
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Examples
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