Evaluation Station
Domain or Pain
Tricks for Clicks
100
What does it mean to evaluate your sources?
Recognizing the information you read and include in your research as credible.
When writing research papers, not only will you be searching for information, but you will be evaluating the sources for credibility.
100
Determine what these domain's stand for:
.com .org .gov .edu .net
.com—a commercial website
.gov—a government owned/operated website
.org—a website associated with an organization
.edu—a website associated with an educational institution
.net—a website used by network providers
100
What makes this quote found online NOT credible?
Abraham Lincoln was not alive when the internet/technology was invented.
200
True or false: Popular Sources have gone through a publication process and are usually peer reviewed?
False,
Popular sources are not peer-reviewed, and they do not usually include a reference list. Examples of popular sources range from some books and magazines to websites and blogs.
When searching for sources, different topics might require more scholarly sources or more popular sources. For example, if you were researching the effects of a certain treatment for cancer patients, you would most likely turn to scholarly sources written by experts. However, if you wanted to examine how different news outlets and social media sites portrayed a recent presidential debate, you would instead turn to popular sources.
200
Which of these domain extensions can be purchased and used by everyone? (.com, .gov, .org, .edu, .net)
.com .org .net
200
Clickbait articles exist to simply promote webpages. What are some words these types of articles may use in their captions to grab your attention? (3 guesses)
Words such as "surprising", "alarming", and "shocking" in titles.
300
True or False?
A primary source usually includes an interpretation of statistics and data and is an analysis of something that already happened?
False
A primary source is a firsthand or eyewitness account of information by an individual close to the topic. Examples of primary sources include autobiographies, personal correspondence (e.g., diary entries, letters), government documents, works of art and literature, statistics and data, and newspaper articles written by reporters close to the source. Today, even some social media posts are considered primary sources, because they are firsthand accounts of information. Witnesses
A secondary source is a source that is more removed from an event, usually written after the event has happened. Examples of secondary sources include biographies, interpretation of statistics and data, and anything written after an historical event or analyzing something that already happened (e.g., examining a work of art from 100 years ago). Interpretations
300
How do you know a social media page's said author is REALLY the author?
The blue verification check!
300
What is Propoganda?
Propaganda is the (usually biased) spreading of information for a specific person, group, event, or cause.
400
True or False? Wikipedia itself cautions users when gathering information from it's cite?
True!
400
When looking at News Articles, what is the first thing to look for behind the article?
More information about the author/organization. Knowing it's affiliate.
400
What's the difference between Objective Language and Emotional Language?
Objective language sticks to the facts, but emotional language relies on garnering an emotional response from the reader. Objective language is more commonly found in fact-based sources, while emotional language is more likely to be found in opinion-based sources and propaganda.
500
What does it mean to cross-check information?
Seeing if you can find the same information elsewhere, from another credible source.
500
What does it mean to check the timeliness of a source?
How timely is the source? Is the source twenty years out of date? Some information becomes dated when new research is available, but other older sources of information can still be useful and reliable fifty or a hundred years later. For example, if you are researching a scientific topic, you will want to be sure you have the most up-to-date information. However, if you are examining an historical event, you may want to find primary documents from the time of the event, thus requiring older sources.
500
Which statement is Fact, Opinion, and Propaganda?
The Purdue OWL is the best website for writing help.
The Purdue OWL was launched in 1994.
Some students have gone on to lives of crime after using sites that compete with the Purdue OWL. The Purdue OWL is clearly the only safe choice for student writers.
Fact: The Purdue OWL was launched in 1994.
Opinion: The Purdue OWL is the best website for writing help.
Propaganda: Some students have gone on to lives of crime after using sites that compete with the Purdue OWL. The Purdue OWL is clearly the only safe choice for student writers.