Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 19 hours agoSo much more reliablelemmy.worldimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1728arrow-down110
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minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 hours ago🤓 Point of clarification: primary, secondary, and tertiary sources refer to the proximity to the original information, not to their reliability. A primary source would be something like a study on a drug. A secondary source would be something like a news article discussing the study or a meta-analysis collating a bunch of studies on that drug. A tertiary source would be something like a Wikipedia article or a section of a textbook discussing the drug as a whole. Secondary and tertiary sources often comprise both the most reliable and unreliable sources. 🤓 (Ik what you meant by “primary” lol)
minus-squareFudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoI meant it exactly as your definitions. Academically. My fuck up was saying “as” instead of “equal to” or “like.” Hence me admitting how utterly lazy that is. I should also add irresponsible.
🤓 Point of clarification: primary, secondary, and tertiary sources refer to the proximity to the original information, not to their reliability.
Secondary and tertiary sources often comprise both the most reliable and unreliable sources. 🤓
(Ik what you meant by “primary” lol)
I meant it exactly as your definitions. Academically. My fuck up was saying “as” instead of “equal to” or “like.” Hence me admitting how utterly lazy that is. I should also add irresponsible.