PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES What is Primary Sources? * Primary sources are original materials. Generally‚ primary sources are not accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. * Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary‚ although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. * Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders
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Bottom of Form Primary and Secondary Markets The Primary market deals in newly issued securities where the price is fixed by the underwriter. Secondary markets deal with already issued stocks / bonds. The Primary market deals in newly issued securities where the price is fixed by the underwriter. Primary markets act as a source of new funds for the company issuing the stocks or bonds. Underwriters often reserve for themselves and their important clients a portion of the primary shares as part
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BOC-008-0312/2007 DATA COLLECTION METHODS Methods of data collection. The term data means groups of information that represent the qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs‚ images‚ or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which information and knowledge are derived. Data can be classified into primary and secondary data. In order to
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convey significant information to provide evidence in research”. Historians use sources to get more information about the topic that he is looking for‚ and also gives the project credibility. The text does not focus on ideas or opinions; the roots are data and real factors. Can we use all the sources? No‚ we cannot. The sources used by the historian must be analyzed‚ evaluated and interpreted. In addition‚ the historian must know the connection between the historical moment and the relation with the
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Primary Secondary Groups A primary group is typically a smaller group with very close and personal relationships. While a secondary group far less personal and usually has a function or goal that was in mind while the group was created. Primary groups build on human’s basic need of being social and accepted. This can come from family or even cliques at school. I chose family and military as my primary groups that I have and am a part of that I will analyze my role in these group situations. The
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between the primary markets and secondary markets. PRIMARY MARKET: A market that issues new securities on an exchange. Companies‚ governments and other groups obtain financing through debt or equity based securities. Primary markets are facilitated by underwriting groups‚ which consist of investment banks that will set a beginning price range for a given security and then oversee its sale directly to investors. Also known as "new issue market" (NIM). SECONDARY MARKET: The secondary market‚ also
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together to create a functional‚ complex network of nutrient and energy cycling. These balanced environments take time‚ sometimes many years‚ to develop. During the course of development‚ species are replaced by other species within the ecosystem‚ a process known as succession. Primary succession happens when species grow in locations where organisms have never previously existed. Secondary succession occurs after an ecosystem disturbance. The basic difference between primary and secondary succession
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relevant legislation. Data collection and analysis The data accumulated was done through the mediums of both primary sources and secondary sources. A primary source is an original object or document - the raw material or first-hand information. They include the distribution of questionnaires‚ conducting interviews and by means of observations. Secondary sources are documents or recordings that relates or discusses information originally presented elsewhere. Secondary sources involve generalization
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Primary and Secondary Succession SCI/ 256 People Science and the Environment Primary and Secondary Succession This paper will review the components of primary and secondary succession as describes on page 68 and 69 of the textbook Environment. The scope of this paper will attempt to address how biotic and a biotic components effect the balance of the ecosystem‚ and how ecosystems go through the cycles of progression. When discussing primary succession‚ one must first
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clearly defined. Exploratory research helps determine the best research design‚ data collection method and selection of subjects. It should draw definitive conclusions only with extreme caution. Given its fundamental nature‚ exploratory research often concludes that a perceived problem does not actually exist. Exploratory research often relies on secondary research such as reviewing available literature and/or data‚ or qualitative approaches such as informal discussions with consumers‚ employees
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