You may remember I did a weird post about research and how it's important. Well this is another thing about research. This time Primary and Secondary research.
There are many differences between the two types of research. Primary is when you go directly to the source. Going and interviewing people about life experiences relating to the piece you are creating. The main advantage of researching in this way is that you can taylor the information you get to suit your needs. You can ask the right questions and go to the right people to make sure you get what you need. On the other hand the information could be quite unreliable as peoples memories on the whole aren't that great.
Now secondary research is when you look online at things that other people have done. Like how you would at school. You use the internet to look up news articles and important things in the media. You can also look at documentaries and other things like books and encyclopedias. An advantage of this type of research is that you can fact check the things you have found out with your primary research. One downside is that the facts may have changed over time. This is especially true for scientific research as new discoveries can change the things we know or think we know.
So that's research. Now you know.
There are many differences between the two types of research. Primary is when you go directly to the source. Going and interviewing people about life experiences relating to the piece you are creating. The main advantage of researching in this way is that you can taylor the information you get to suit your needs. You can ask the right questions and go to the right people to make sure you get what you need. On the other hand the information could be quite unreliable as peoples memories on the whole aren't that great.
Now secondary research is when you look online at things that other people have done. Like how you would at school. You use the internet to look up news articles and important things in the media. You can also look at documentaries and other things like books and encyclopedias. An advantage of this type of research is that you can fact check the things you have found out with your primary research. One downside is that the facts may have changed over time. This is especially true for scientific research as new discoveries can change the things we know or think we know.
So that's research. Now you know.