There are two kinds of sources...primary and secondary. A primary source is information you see with your own eyes. An example would be a book written in first person, or a newspaper article. A secondary source is information that has been passed on. An example of this would be a gossip magazene or fiction book.
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a primary source would be first hand from an educated certified doctor or something like that. a secondary source would be information from someone...like me!
= What are the positives and the negatives of the primary source? =
primary information is information that has been obtained first hand, or is original. primary information is the exact opposit of secondary information. primary; original, first hand, principle, first priority. information; knowledge. there are many forms of primary information, these include; surveys (that you have conducted), interviews, human resources and so forth.
primary information is the information/data that you collected and secondary information is the data/information that is collected by someone else but you are using it.
Primary source data is when a person is actually on the scene taking random examples and questions whereas secondary source data is taken from newspapers, magazines, hearsay, Internet ..... etc