Primary vs. Secondary Source Quiz |
Test your knowledge on whether each of the following sources would be primary or secondary sources.
You're writing a research paper on the problem of poverty and homelessness in your city.
The book Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond, a Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist.
primary source
Incorrect.
This book is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
This book is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
secondary SOURCE
Correct.
This book is analyzing and interpreting data from primary and secondary sources.
This book is analyzing and interpreting data from primary and secondary sources.
An interview with two unhoused people sleeping at a local shelter.
primary source
Correct.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because these sources have first-hand knowledge on your topic.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because these sources have first-hand knowledge on your topic.
secondary SOURCE
Incorrect.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because these sources have first-hand knowledge on your topic.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because these sources have first-hand knowledge on your topic.
Statistics on the number of children living below the poverty line in your county from the U.S. Census Bureau.
primary source
Correct.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is raw data on your topic.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is raw data on your topic.
secondary SOURCE
Incorrect.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is raw data on your topic.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is raw data on your topic.
The article "Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Youth Housing and Homelessness Services" published in the February 2024 issue of the Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal.
primary source
Incorrect.
This article is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
This article is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
secondary SOURCE
Correct.
This article is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
This article is analyzing and interpreting data from other primary and secondary sources.
You're researching for a History Day project on labor and union movements in Chicago.
A recording of the 1915 song "Solidarity Forever," written for a labor march.
primary source
Correct.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific artifact created by your subjects and produced at the time you are studying.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific artifact created by your subjects and produced at the time you are studying.
secondary SOURCE
Incorrect.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific artifact created by your subjects and produced at the time you are studying.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific artifact created by your subjects and produced at the time you are studying.
A map titled "Labor Unrest in Chicago, April 25-May 4, 1886" published in the Encyclopedia of Chicago.
primary source
Incorrect.
This map is analyzing and compiling data from several primary sources.
This map is analyzing and compiling data from several primary sources.
secondary SOURCE
Correct.
This map is analyzing and compiling data from several primary sources.
This map is analyzing and compiling data from several primary sources.
An artist's sketch of the trial Illinois vs. August Spies et al. after the Haymarket Affair.
primary source
Correct.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific image produced at the time you are studying.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific image produced at the time you are studying.
secondary SOURCE
Incorrect.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific image produced at the time you are studying.
This is analyzing and interpreting data from a primary source, because this is a specific image produced at the time you are studying.
The short 2023 documentary film Memorial Day Massacre: Workers Die, Film Buried about the killing of pro-labor marchers by police officers and the following cover-up.
primary source
Incorrect.
This film is using primary sources like photographs and newspaper stories, but interpreting and compiling them into a short film.
This film is using primary sources like photographs and newspaper stories, but interpreting and compiling them into a short film.
secondary SOURCE
Correct.
This film is using primary sources like photographs and newspaper stories, but interpreting and compiling them into a short film.
This film is using primary sources like photographs and newspaper stories, but interpreting and compiling them into a short film.