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[โ€“] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

๐Ÿค“ 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. ๐Ÿค“

(Ik what you meant by "primary" lol)

[โ€“] FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

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.