Reliability Of Sources
- 1. Reliability of Sources How can you tell if a source is going to be reliable?
- 2. Primary sources A primary source is an original object or document -- the raw material or first-hand information.
- 3. A primary source is an original object or document -- the raw material or first-hand information. historical and legal documents results of an experiment statistical data pieces of creative writing art objects eye witness accounts
- 4. Secondary sources A secondary source is something written about a primary source. You can think of secondary sources as second-hand information. If I tell you something, I am the primary source. If you tell someone else what I told you, you are the secondhand source.
- 5. Secondary sources Secondary sources include: comments on interpretations of discussions about the original material
- 6. Secondary sources Secondary source materials can be: articles in newspapers popular magazines book or movie reviews articles found in scholarly journals that evaluate or criticize someone else's original research
- 7. What is the source of the information being considered? Publication -Date - is the information current, or does it need to be current? -Reputation of publication - is the source well known and trustworthy? -Kind of publication - is it a scientific report, eye-witness account, a work of fiction?
- 8. Author or Speaker -Qualifications - is he an expert in his field? -Bias - is he one-sided in his point-of-view? -Values - what does the author value in regards to the topic? -Chance for personal gain - does the author stand to benefit from his position?
- 9. Means of getting the Information -Witness or researcher - was the author or speaker a first-hand witness to the information or did he gather it from some other source? -Equipment - what kind of equipment was used to record information?
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