EPQ primary research

Primary research isn't an essential. I had no primary research in my Extended Project whatsoever, and relied solely on secondary resources but still got an A*.

I'd start off your secondary research by breaking down your question into a series of more manageable key questions, then research each of the smaller questions. Find some reliable websites online and note them down, before you start going more in depth and looking into relevant books and articles, journals etc. But yeah, don't worry about primary research because you don't need it.

oh awesome thanks!! but doesnt it depend on your exam board?

What exam board are you with?

AQA i think

I was with AQA too and I can assure you that primary research isn't a necessary.

My entire research was from online. Only primary research I had was emailing a guy who was involved in an organisation so I could get some information on something that was from a legitimate source.

oh cool!

Depends what your project is on. Mine was near impossible outside of the internet because I can't get resarch at a library, from interviews and there's no educational institute with the kind of stuff I was looking for. I was using gov websites, sites with papers being published and other related legitimate sources (remember to use legitimate sources, try to avoid biased news sites or ones which are full of BS).