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Primary And Secondary Sources - Coggle Diagram
Primary And Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Advantages
Specific to your needs
Reliability
Disadvantages
Time consuming
Costs more
Types of sources
questionaires
focus groups
surveys
meetings/disscusions
First hand or new research that has been obtained by an original source of information
Get the information first hand from the original source
more likely to be correct
can take up more time and money to organise
Don't rely on one source only
check multiple sources to be sure
Secondary Sources
Advantages
quicker
cheaper
Disadvantages
may not be specific to your needs
Is it as reliable as a primary source
types of sources
Magazine article
other peoples products
news broadcast
books
internet/online
Information which has been obtained by someone else's data or that has been produced by someone else
There is lots of unchecked and incorrect information on the internet
double check
list your sources
somebody else has already collected the information
need to check it's accuracy before you use it
often quicker and cheaper than primary sources