PSY 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Popular Publications, Secondary Source
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A primary source includes a full report of a research study, including methodological details. A secondary source summarizes information from a primary source. Scholarly publications may be either primary or secondary but popular publications are only secondary. Primary sources are preferred in general and required for your paper! Periodicals differ in target audience and level of coverage. Scholarly - expert in field, university affiliation and credentials. Scholarly other researchers, experts in the field. Scholarly specific terminology that requires experience in the field to understand. Popular basic language so can be understood by general public. Personal feelings of reviewers can bias reviews. Effect of the reputation of the author ~ blind review. On average, articles in referred journals are of higher quality and are preferred as sources. You can evaluate the quality of a journal by: Authors have to pay to publish there. Who publishes the journal (apa or other professional organization?)
