Primary Sources Of Primary Research

“Letters to King Jao of Portugal,” was written by the king of Kongo, King Affonso, who’s real name was Nzinga Mbemba. King Affonso writes this letter directed to the king of Portugal, King Jao, to inform him about his concerns of his people. The letter is dated 1526 and takes place in the Kingdom of Kongo, which by during this time slave trade is going on (705). Throughout the letter of King Affonso seems to beg King Jao for help rather than being demanding, “again we beg of your Highness to agree with it”(707), remarks King Affonso.

Secondary research is done to research the data collection through the study of information which has already being researched from the hospital websites, articles, discharge and intake records or through primary research.

‘Research is a diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject I order to discover or revise facts, theories and applications etc.: recent research in medicine’ (www.dictionary.com).

Primary data is when you collect and gather the data first hand in the form of a questionnaire, survey, telephone or interview. This data is specific to the company and did not exist beforehand. Sometimes referred to as field research.

Primary data is data which your business or you find and gather data to analyse. By you or the business finding the data this makes it primary because the data belongs to you making it original. The different ways to gather data is surveys and interviews by collecting data like this makes it original and reliable.

Primary sources are sources of information or data that are not interpreted, evaluated, or analyzed, and secondary sources are sources that only interpret, evaluate, or analyze secondary sources.

Primary data are collected expressly for research. Observational studies, meaning studies with no dictated intervention, require the collection of new data if there is no adequate existing data for testing

Secondary information is data which is derived from primary information and can be found via books, newspapers, internet etc. Secondary information is less reliable than Primary information because you cannot be certain as to how precise it is.

Primary sources enable the researcher to get as close as possible to what actually happened and is hands on. Secondary

Primary sources, in other words, are “firsthand” accounts. These accounts are based on original data and knowledge (i.e. the Fifteenth Amendment.) Primary sources impersonate real life experiences; however, these experiences were documented when the event happened. When a reader is looking for sources, primary sources are unlike secondary sources, they are the real deal, not someone’s interpretation, commentary or what they think may have happened. Princeton.edu states “Some types of primary sources include:

Primary sources refer to accounts of events that are written by an eye witness who witness that particular event. These documents are more often letters, memoirs, diaries, speeches, interviews, journals and other unpublished works of people who witness events. Primary sources may also include pieces such as magazine articles; newspapers and other published pieces as long as they were written as soon as the event took place. The secondary sources on the other hand play the role of interpreting the primary sources. It is for this reason that they can be described as having at least one step eliminated from the event in question. Secondary sources will assign value to, interpret and conjecture upon the events reported in the primary sources.

This worksheet is for analyzing primary sources, which for the purpose of this project are popular culture media: texts created for a mass audience with some commercial component, either through sales, subscription, or advertising revenue: advertisements, videos, television shows, news articles or programs, popular music, etc.

Primary and secondary sources are ways in which data can be retrieved. As Serakan (2006) stated, “Primary data refer to information obtained by the researcher on the variables of interest for the specific purpose of the study”. Various evidence suggesting to what methods of primary research can be conducted and which are most effective for the previously mentioned problem description are stated in this chapter.

There are mainly two types of research sources; Primary and Secondary research sources. Groat & Wang (2013) define primary sources are the original sources that other (secondary) sources base on. Primary sources carry out direct data collecting methods

Secondary research is the process of searching published reports, articles, and books for information other people have collected.