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What is the difference between primary and secondary research resources?
A. Primary research involves firsthand observation and study by a researcher. Primary sources include statistical data, historical documents, and works of literature and art.Secondary research uses research performed by others to come to some conclusion about a topic or make some kind of an argument. Examples of secondary research are books and articles about political issues,historical events, scientific debates, or literary works.
B. Secondary research is essentially a form of editing, in which quotations (and sometimes summaries,paraphrases, and syntheses of the material) from various scholars are collected to produce an essay or article that makes its argument. Secondary research is the examination of studies that other researchers have made of a subject.
C. Primary sources include statistical data, historical documents, and works of literature and art.
D. Primary research is the study of a subject through firsthand observation and investigation, such as analyzing a literary or historical text, conducting a survey, or carrying out a laboratory experiment.
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