you are researching the similarities between the star wars and the harry potter sagas. you find a research paper on the web written on the same subject by a graduate student at nyu. this source is:
a primary source
a secondary source

you are researching the conspiracy theory of the kennedy assassination. you find a biography about the life of lee harvey oswald. this source is:
a primary source
a secondary source

you are researching reasons for legalizing marijuana. you find a source that calculates the amount of money that the government could collect from taxing the drug in the same way they tax alcohol. it was published by mellow gold, a company that sells cannabis seeds. this source is:
a primary source
a secondary source

you are researching differing theories about the stages of child development. you find a blog written by a professor who interviewed moms who described observations of their children at different ages. this source is:
a primary source
a secondary source

you are researching the pros and cons of music sharing over the net. you find a government report with a graph showing averages of professional musicians' incomes from the sale of recordings from 1950 through 1990. this source is:
a primary source
a secondary source

you are researching summer adventure opportunities for teens that others. you find an article published in the atlantic monthly about a teen who spent her summer working with habitat for humanity in new orleans after hurricane katrina. this source is:
extremely reliable
somewhat reliable
of questionable reliability

you are researching differing theories about the stages of child development. you find a blog written from 1999-2008 by a mom that describes observations of her children at different ages. this source is:
extremely reliable
somewhat reliable
of questionable reliability
unreliable

you are researching reasons for legalizing marijuana. you find a source that calculates the amount of money that the government could collect from taxing the drug in the same way they tax alcohol. it was published by mellow gold, a company that sells cannabis seeds. this source is:
extremely reliable
somewhat reliable
of questionable reliability
unreliable

you are researching the evolution of the telephone. you find a forum on the web from random english teachers who login with pseudonyms to rant about how texting is ruining this generation's written communication skills. this source is:
extremely reliable
somewhat reliable
of questionable reliability
unreliable

you are researching the similarities between the star wars and the harry potter sagas. you find a research paper on the web written on the same subject by graduate student at nyu. all of his sources are traceable. this source is:
extremely reliable
somewhat reliable
of questionable reliability
unreliable

it is not really important to know anything about the author of a piece if it is published in/by a reputable source.
true
false

speeches are always primary sources.
true
false