Evaluating the sources.

1. RESEARCH :
Evaluating Sources
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2. DEFINITION
 Systematic investigation
 Establish facts
 Purpose :
 Discover
 Document
 Develop and
 Interpret
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3. CONDUCTING RESEARCH
 Identification of research subject
 Literature review
 Specifying the purpose of research
 Data collection
 Analyzing and interpreting the data
 Reporting and evaluating research
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4. SOURCES
 Blogs and online articles
 Online news sources, journals and
magazines
 In case of technical or academic
articles – URL’s - .edu , .gov , .org
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5. CARS Checklist
 Credibility, Accuracy,
Reasonableness, Support
 Clues/Indicators
• Credibility :
 Evidence of quality
 Indicators for lack of credibility like
bad grammar
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6. Visual cues- reliable source
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7. Unreliable source
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8. 2. Accuracy:
 Comprehensiveness
 Timelines
 Purpose and audience
 Indicators of lack of credibility and
accuracy like no date, or conclusion.
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9. 3. Reasonableness :
 Fairness and balance
 Objectivity
 Moderateness
 Consistency
 Worldview
 Indicators of lack of
reasonableness
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10. 4.Support:
 Conformability
 Indicators of lack of support like
absence of sources, numbers without
support, no other sources with the
same information
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11. EVALUATING SOURCES - Summary
 Screening sources:
 Identify topic
 Reliable Sources
 Visual cues
 Cross check data
 Look for related articles
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12. Sources
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
 http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/english/allwrite3/seyler/s
 http://www.yorku.ca/webclass/yquiz/webresearchtest/quiz/
 http://www-old.pgcc.edu/library/tutorial/webquiz.htm
 http://www.clark.edu/Library/iris/quiz/quiz_home.php
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13. THANK YOU 
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