Types of Sources
The most credible type of source for academic research is ______
Scholarly article or Academic Journal
This is what social psychologists learn early on That everyone, including researchers, is capable of this distortion in judgment.
Bias
You find a shocking statistic in a blog post. What should you do before using it in your paper?
Trace it back to the original source
True or False: I am allowed to use ChatGPT and CoPilot to find sources for my FDS research paper.
False
A list of all the sources you used in your paper is called a ______.
Bibliography / References / Works Cited
A personal blog is most useful for including ______ in your paper.
Opinions, experiences, or perspectives
What is the term used to desribe freedom from Bias
Objectivty
What is one method you can use to check if a source is credible?
Use the CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose).
Your FDS research paper should assess how AI is shaping, or is likely to shape, ______
the industry or career path you are pursuing or currently interested in.
What is plagiarism?
Using someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit.
What makes scholarly sources different from popular ones in terms of review process?
Peer review by experts
According to Steele, our understandings of the world are this-incomplete and shaped by our particular life circumstances- which is why we need systematic research methods.
partial or partial understanding
Why is the publication date important when evaluating a source?
Shows if the information is current or outdated
What is the minimum number of sources you need to cite for your FDS research paper?
Ten credible sources
What does “.gov” at the end of a website mean?
Government site
Give one example of a scholarly database where you can find peer-reviewed articles. (Ex. EBSCOhost)
JSTOR, ProQuest, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, etc.
Steele describes this iterative process between ideas and research results as doing this to bias. Gradually wearing it away while revealing new aspects of reality.
hammering away or back and forth of ideas in research
Name one sign a website might not be credible.
No author, lots of ads, biased language
What is the difference between a summary and a synthesis?
A summary condenses the main ideas of one source, while a synthesis combines ideas from multiple sources to show connections and build an argument.
What’s the difference between a primary source and a secondary source? Give one example of each.
Primary = original material (e.g., diary, experiment results). Secondary = analysis or commentary (e.g., textbook, review article).
List two features you’d check to confirm that an article is scholarly.
References list, author credentials, academic publisher, etc.
Rather than arising from prior belief, Steele hopes his strongest convictions come from this. When research reveals aspects of reality that surpass original ideas and insights.
revelation
What does “bias” mean when evaluating sources?
One-sided or slanted presentation of information
What is the difference between a research tool and a chatbot?
A research tool (like Elicit or Consensus) searches academic databases and gives citable sources, while a chatbot (like ChatGPT or CoPilot) gives conversational answers but not direct, citable sources.
What’s one difference between paraphrasing and summarizing, and why does it matter for citations?
restating in detail; Summarizing = condensing main idea. Both require citations.