October 18th, 2009
Explain the difference between primary sources of information and secondary sources of information. Identify which would be more helpful to you if you were looking for information concerning the extinction of dinosaurs and explain why.
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Primary source = first-hand experience, visible evidence
Secondary source = books, hearsay, scientific induction
If I were looking for information concerning extinction of dinosaurs, I would only have secondary sources of information available to me because nobody ever witnessed first-hand the event.
when you see, sense & experience for yourself, it becomes a primary source of info. It can also be gathered thru’ interviews with concerned individuals. collecting lab data, etc. can mostly fall into this category – direct observations, direct testing/experimentation,….
when you rely on others’ word & experience it becomes a secondary source. it can be in the form of a book, a report, a narration of events, fossil records, accounts, behavioural inferences, insights, etc.
obviously, since dinosaurs lived & died millions of years back, there is no first-hand knowledge/encounters with them. all data/info is gathered from fossil records, carbon-dating, inferential analysis/deductions.
hope this helps
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