Hey everyone. I chose to blog about the differences between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. For my research outline paper, I am writing about how the Pittsburgh Pirates can rebound from their 19 year losing season streak. I'm thinking about interviewing people throughout campus, asking them questions like "What do you believe the Pirates need to do this offseason in order to turn themselves around?". My primary source of information will be the statistical information about the team throughout the past 10 seasons. Information like batting averages, player stats, trades, potential players coming up from the minors, etc. My secondary source will be various books and magazines about the team. The interviews I will conduct will be used as my tertiary source.
I will interview between 10 and 20 people, I haven't decided on a number yet. I will record these interviews by pen and paper. As for the statistical and factual information I will get them from respectable internet sources and unbiased book sources. I will look at some magazine articles, and books written about the teams downfall and what the author(s) view of the Pirates is.
Chad Baker
That seems like a good way to go about researching it. Using a variety of sources will help you to gain more knowledge, as well as a wider range of statistics on this topic. Using the statistics from over the last ten years will really serve as a concrete form of evidence in your study. The interview will provide different perspectives on the matter, and using unbiased books and respectable internet sources will give it credibility.
ReplyDeleteYeah this is an interesting topic. The information from the past ten years will be a good source to use as kind of a prediction of there future success. Make sure you limit the people your interviewing to people who are sports buffs and follow the penguins in order to get knowledgeable and intelligent responses worth using in your research paper, to answer you research question as well as educate the readers of you paper.
ReplyDeleteLeslie Boylan said..
ReplyDeleteWhen writing a research paper, primary, secondary and tertiary sources are very useful for creating the foundation of your research. By retrieving information through all three sources you are strengthening your research by using such a variety. The reader will be more prone to believe your research if there is enough evidence to support your claim.
I believe this is a great way to do your research. It’s important to use enough sources while doing research. It’s important because it helps the researcher gain more knowledge about that topic. Primary, secondary and tertiary sources can be very helpful. When doing a research project, it is important to use primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. They help when it comes to planning your research.
ReplyDeleteWhen researching it is important to use all three sources so you have a better argument. That way you'll also have better evidence to support your argument. Using all three sources the reader will also know the argument and reasons you have in your paper are true because you have more evidence to back them up.
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ReplyDeleteGood choices to use for your research. Using all three sources will give your research a broader view. You'll have more options to back up your claim, and you'll also gain more knowledge about the particular subject you chose.
When writing a reasearch it is important to use all three types of sources and to have an equal balance between them. By using all three sources, you are able to unconver more information about your topic. There are so many interesting sources that you can use to help you paper. I know that I have used inteviews, photos, newspaper articles, and even FBI files as sources and they have really help with my past research.
ReplyDeleteHaving primary, secondary and tertiary sources are excellent in a paper. You have more sources then just your primary source. This will enable you to have a wider variety of answers. You will also expand your knowledge about your topic.
ReplyDeleteIt is a great idea to use all three types of sources. By doing this you are opening up opportunity to see not only the facts, but hear others opinions. With this strategy you will be in a better poition to write a fair and logical paper. A lot of times, we as college students rely on secondary sources, but we need to explore other options. So, I think its excellent that you plan on using all three.
ReplyDeleteHaving all three sources should be a requirement for every paper. It will make your paper more concrete and logical.
ReplyDeleteHaving primary, secondary, and tertiary sources in your paper is a good way to show the readers that you have done your research on the topic and are well informed. The audience will be more likely to trust your judgement and read your paper.
ReplyDeleteBy including primary, secondary, and tertiary sources in a paper, you are informing the reader that you did the background work on the topic and that you have a wide base of sources that can be credited. It also leads to a more interesting paper because there is more chance for variety.
ReplyDeleteHaving all three sources will make your argument more believable and more stable when arguing your point in your paper.
ReplyDeleteHaving more than one type of source is key when writing a paper. Including primary, secondary, and tertiary sources throughout really helps to back up your argument and make your paper more believable to your reader.
ReplyDeleteSources are always key to writing papers and having multiple types is even better. It helps to have a wide variety of sources and this blog made all three really simple to use.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a good balance between the three types of sources. It's always nice to have secondary and tertiary sources behind your primary sources of a research paper. With having all three you can show the comparisons between a person's story, a book's reason, and the internet's information.
ReplyDeleteThe sources are always a stable balance between the 3 sources. My favorite sources is secondary because that is where your meat of your paper is.
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I like the order in which you placed your sources. I would be careful with the information you placed with your secondary sources. The info you gain from the magazines and various books could be from authors who are bias towards or against the team. Just make sure the information gained from your secondary resource is from a non-subjective background.
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