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This might sound funny but the BEST "all-in-one" theory introduction for me so far is the sample pages of a book called "The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis", on amazon. Every other place I can think of either focuses too much on one part, or misses out on a crucial part of the basics probably because they assume you aren't a complete beginner.
The aforementioned book is where I wish I had gone to on day 1.
r/musictheory also has an faq thread. I read through openmusictheory.com but it's certainly too fast for complete beginners.
The following sources all agree that 3/8 is a "simple triple" meter. I haven't found any yet that describe it as compound. So, yes, "compound single" would be the exception, though I acknowledge it might be conducted that way with some frequency.
https://www.amazon.com/Musicians-Guide-Theory-Analysis-Third/dp/0393263053/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_signature#Simple_time_signatures
http://openmusictheory.com/meter.html
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/15