Bias and reliability
- 1. Objective Understand how the content and style of information affect its ‘fitness for purpose’, by considering: whether information is fact or opinion what viewpoints it offers how clear and accessible it is Slide
- 2. Fact or opinion? Slide We are in a school.
- 3. Fact or opinion? Slide I think that classical music is boring.
- 4. Fact or opinion? Slide August follows July every year.
- 5. Fact or opinion? Slide 16-year-olds should be eligible to vote in a general election.
- 6. Fact or opinion? Slide Orange juice seems much tastier than apple juice.
- 7. Fact or opinion? Slide Sunderland is a better football team than Newcastle.
- 8. Fact or opinion? Slide It is a long way from here to Germany.
- 9. Fact or opinion? Slide It’s a wonderful day!
- 10. Fact or opinion? Slide Earth is a planet, not a star.
- 11. How accurate and reliable? Slide ‘ In 10 to 20 years’ time, we will be able to build new organs artificially and replace an organ with something synthetic.’ Dr Tom Okarma, President and Chief Executive, Geron Corporation, California
- 12. How accurate and reliable? Slide ‘ There will be a permanent lunar base and a manned exploration of Mars some time this century.’ Martin Rees, Royal Society Astronomer, Cambridge
- 13. Authoritative statements Slide ‘ I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.’ Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
- 14. Authoritative statements Slide ‘ The world potential market for copying machines is 5000 at most.’ Response from IBM to the founders of Xerox, 1959
- 15. Slide fact? opinion? bias
- 16. Slide fact? opinion? bias accuracy? reliability? validity
- 17. When you consider the reliability of a website, think about: the URL, for example: .gov, .ac, .ed, .org, .co, .com, .sch endorsements, e.g. NgFL the date of the last update advertisements links to and from the website Slide
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