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Magazines and newspaper articles sometimes report on research that was done by
others.

These are considered primary sources.

True or False

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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Primary Sources are immediate, first-hand accounts of a event, topic, or idea, from people that have a direct connection with it. Primary sources can include, but aren't limited to:

  • Texts of laws
  • Original documents
  • Speeches
  • Diaries
  • Letters
  • Interviews
  • Datasets, survey data, such as a census or statistics.
  • Photographs, audio, and video that captured the event
  • Original research
  • Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did.

Secondary sources provide a second-hand information, explanation, and commentary from other researchers. A secondary source describes and interprets primary sources. However, they often quote or otherwise use primary sources. Secondary sources can include, but aren't limited to:

  • Academic books
  • Analysis or interpretation of data and research
  • Scholarly or other articles about a topic/event, especially by people not directly involved

Magazines and newspaper articles that sometimes report on research that was done by others would be considered a secondary source because it is not the journalist that did the research. They just analyze it.

However, if the magazine and newspaper articles reported on research that they did themselves, then it would be considered a primary source.

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