1. Primary and Secondary
Information

2. Primary information
• This is original information that a company or
person has produced themselves that has not
been interpreted by anyone else and is left
standing to be analysed by the organisation.
• Examples include: surveys, patents, video
recordings, photographs etc. as these are all of
the original materials.
• A school may use primary information to see how
parents and students are feeling about how the
school is being run in the form of a survey.

3. Secondary information
• These are interpretations of primary information
that have been created after the events. They are
not considered as evidence rather than a
commentary and discussion of evidence.
• Examples include: dictionaries, magazine and
newspaper articles, biographical works etc.
• A school may use newspaper articles to see how
well other schools are performing to see how
they can improve based on other’s standards.