Which of the following is the BEST primary source for a student researching the use of steroids by professional baseball players?
A. an article in a sports magazine
B. comments on a social networking website
C. testimony from Congressional hearings
D. statistics from the last season

Question

Which of the following is the BEST primary source for a student researching the use of steroids by professional baseball players?
 A. an article in a sports magazine
 B. comments on a social networking website
 C. testimony from Congressional hearings
 D. statistics from the last season

jadariusb · Answer

hey

Mal87 · Answer

hi

Shadow · Answer

Hello Mal. Do you know what a primary source is?

Mal87 · Answer

Like a diary or something

Shadow · Answer

Basically it's directly from the source. A diary by Ben Franklin, or a transcript of an interview with Winston Churchill is an example of this.

Shadow · Answer

Secondary sources are when someone who has not experienced the event, talks about it. A popular example of this is articles.

That rules out one of our answers.

Shadow · Answer

And another one. See if you can identify those two.

Shadow · Answer

@Mal87 Were you able to?

Mal87 · Answer

C

Shadow · Answer

Close. I am between C and D. I am unsure about testimony before Congress, but I know for sure that statistical data is a primary source.

Shadow · Answer

Let me check

Shadow · Answer

Hmm, I agree with you on C because it's asking for the "BEST primary source" and testimony before Congress is arguably better than statistical data. Risky since it can be subjective, as far as which one is better, but...they are both good primary sources.

Shadow · Answer

Testimony would be better though.