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Evaluating sources for reliability

Evaluating sources for reliability. Evaluating sources for reliability. You will understand the importance of using reliable print-based information sources know the indicators of reliable information sources b e able to evaluate the reliability of a particular source in your topic area.

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Evaluating sources for reliability

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  1. Evaluating sources for reliability

  2. Evaluating sources for reliability • You will • understand the importance of using reliable print-based information sources • know the indicators of reliable information sources • be able to evaluate the reliability of a particular source in your topic area.

  3. understand the importance of using reliable print-based information sources Discuss: How do you know if a paper-based source is reliable or not? Answers:

  4. know the indicators of reliable information sources Complete the activity from pp45-46 of AQA Extended Project Student Companion, completing the table with the missing statements.

  5. know the indicators of reliable information sources • Author • Completeness of the information source • Balance • Cited sources • Peer review

  6. evaluate the reliability of a particular source • Author • Completeness of the information source • Balance • Cited sources • Peer review Look at one of the sources you/your supervisor has brought in today and evaluate it.

  7. evaluate the reliability of a particular source in your topic area HOMEWORK: • Nature is a professional science journal, but the same principles apply in other subject areas. Look up the ‘information for referees’ web page on the Nature website (via ‘Authors and referees’ on the home page) a. Make a note of brief definitions for the following terms: • Editorial board • Peer-reviewer • Independent reviewer b. Save the ‘criteria for publication’ for use in question 3. c. What type of person is likely to be asked to carry out a peer-review in Nature? 2. Choose an article on Wikipedia with some relevance to your topic area and assess how reliable you think it is. Read carefully for any evidence of bias and any gaps. You should also look at the sources which re referenced, to see if a broad range have been considered. Are the sources reliable in their own right? • Use the ‘criteria for publication’ from the Nature journal to decide if you would ‘accept’, ‘ask for revisions’ or ‘reject outright’ this article if you were on the editorial board of a journal like Nature. ADVICE: It is likely that you should only use Wikipedia as a source of links to useful material, not as a source in its own right. If you do use and reference material directly from Wikipedia, make sure you evaluate it in the same way as any other source.

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