Information evaluation – football edition
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My "evaluate all information, even about football" talk for the first year football players this summer.
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Information evaluation – football edition
- 1. Information Evaluation – Football Edition August 12, 2010 Jessica Hagman, Ohio University Libraries
- 3. Retired? Not retired? It can be wrong! And there can actually be consequences more serious than the annual Brett Favre retirementpalooza Photo Credit
- 4. Twitter messages by Minneapolis Star Tribune sports reporter @JuddZulgad
- 5. My Own Bias Photo Credit
- 6. A Model for Evaluating Information Currency Reliability Authority Purpose
- 7. Currency July 30 August 11 Is it important to have the most current information?
- 8. Reliability Is the information from a reliable source?
- 9. Reliability and Anonymous Sources http://inkstainedwretch.org/anonymous/outlet/espn
- 10. Reliability and Data Is this reliable data? How did they find the participants? Is it a random sample? Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5452896
- 11. Reliability and Fantasy Data Source: http://www.fflibrarian.com/2010/06/multi-year-results-for-accuracy-with-qb.html
- 13. More on Authority What does the source of information know about the topic? If it’s a reporter do they cover many different areas or just one sport/division/team etc? Where do they get their information? What is their experience answering this type of question?
- 14. Point of View (aka Bias) Who benefits from the release of this information? Would the author have any reason to not reveal the whole truth? With data, could the compiler’s point of view affect the data collection or analysis?
- 15. Activity Use the SportDiscus database to find an article that supports your argument for who will be the best RB or QB in the NFL this year. Find one web source (from ESPN, Si.com, NFL.com, team website, etc) that supports your argument. Assess both sources using the CRAP model and be prepared to describe why your source supports your argument.
Editor's Notes
- At the library we spend a lot of time talking to people about how to find the information they need – how to find books, articles, or track down a particular piece of information. But with students, especially, we also talk about how to use information effectively, and that means evaluating all that information that you’ve found to decide what to use and what to ignore. So I’m going to talk a bit about evaluating information. Since it’s summer, and you probably don’t have an assignment to work on though, we’re going to use football as example. Really you could use this sort of model for evaluating any kind of information – it’s not just a library skill or even an academic skill, but more of a life skill.
- So, you may have heard that there’s this guy who has played quarterback for a while, and he has a tough time deciding whether or not he’s going to play from on year to the next.
- This is what seems to have sparked the frenzy this year. It’s a couple of Twitter messages from a Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter Judd Zulgad. Notice that he doesn’t tell you where this information comes from.
- The first of the criteria is pretty easy to understand. Often when you’re looking for information, you want to make sure that the information is current, especially if it’s in an area where what we know changes quickly. This is true in science and medicine research, but also true in the football world. Here are two different stories from the Redskins Insider blog about Albert Haynesworth. Haynesworth was struggling with an injury when practices began, but is now expected to play in the preseason game against Buffalo. Old information would not be accurate in this case.