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The Research Process—Finding and
Evaluating Sources Exam | Premium
Solutions | Guaranteed Pass | Current Exam
Alberto has found a good source from an expert in the field for his
research project on HIV treatments. However, the expert is also
selling his own cure, that seems untested by federal agencies. Alberto
is thinking about rejecting the source entirely based on which of the
fours moves? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. Investigate the source
Camille just finished watching an online news video on Facebook.
The information discussed provides a counter argument to Camille's
thesis claims, but she has never heard of the news company before.
What should Camille do to better understand the source of the news
report? - Correct Answer✔✔-c. Investigate—find out who the author
is and why they made the video
Cece is writing an annotated bibliography for her Art History paper.
She has found nearly twenty possible sources but is having a hard
time narrowing it down to the handful she needs to turn in with her
annotated bibliography. What should she do? - Correct Answer✔✔-d.
Consider which sources are most applicable to her research question.
Coltrane has struggled to find useful sources for his paper, but he has
found one really great one; his instructor wants him to use at least 5
sources. What might be his next step? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. Use
the bibliography, or list of consulted works, in the one paper to find
others.
Cydney is a sociology major and has been given a research writing
assignment on the political movement Black Lives Matter. She puts
together a research question to answer, conducts extensive research,
and writes a thesis statement answering her original research question.
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What should she do next? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. She should share
her information by writing a draft of her paper that includes well-
chosen examples from the data/information she gathered.
Dwight's English teacher has assigned an annotated bibliography as
part of his research writing assignment. What is an annotated
bibliography? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. An annotated bibliography is a
list of all Dwight's sources, including full citation information, with
notes on how the source could be used.
Each annotation in an annotated bibliography should include the
complete bibliographic information for the source in addition to a
brief summary of the source. What other information should be
included in each annotation? - Correct Answer✔✔-c. An annotation
should include a critique or evaluation of the credibility of the source.
Gisella wants to find sources on her essay topic: the role of the vice
president in deciding national security matters. She begins searching
on Google Scholar, but gets too many results. Which strategy should
she use to make this search more productive? - Correct Answer✔✔-a.
Narrow the search into a subtopic, determine some essential key
terms, and add them into the search box with the word "and" between
each key term.
In the CRAAP method, the letter "C" stands for Currency. What is the
key question you should ask yourself to determine Currency? -
Correct Answer✔✔-a. When was the item of information published or
produced?
In the CRAAP method, the letter "R" stands for relevance. What is the
key question you should ask yourself to determine if the source is
relevant to your own work? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. How does this
source contribute to my research paper?
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The Research Process—Finding and
Evaluating Sources Exam | Premium
Solutions | Guaranteed Pass | Current Exam
Alberto has found a good source from an expert in the field for his
research project on HIV treatments. However, the expert is also
selling his own cure, that seems untested by federal agencies. Alberto
is thinking about rejecting the source entirely based on which of the
fours moves? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. Investigate the source
Camille just finished watching an online news video on Facebook.
The information discussed provides a counter argument to Camille's
thesis claims, but she has never heard of the news company before.
What should Camille do to better understand the source of the news
report? - Correct Answer✔✔-c. Investigate—find out who the author
is and why they made the video
Cece is writing an annotated bibliography for her Art History paper.
She has found nearly twenty possible sources but is having a hard
time narrowing it down to the handful she needs to turn in with her
annotated bibliography. What should she do? - Correct Answer✔✔-d.
Consider which sources are most applicable to her research question.
Coltrane has struggled to find useful sources for his paper, but he has
found one really great one; his instructor wants him to use at least 5
sources. What might be his next step? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. Use
the bibliography, or list of consulted works, in the one paper to find
others.
Cydney is a sociology major and has been given a research writing
assignment on the political movement Black Lives Matter. She puts
together a research question to answer, conducts extensive research,
and writes a thesis statement answering her original research question.
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, 2
What should she do next? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. She should share
her information by writing a draft of her paper that includes well-
chosen examples from the data/information she gathered.
Dwight's English teacher has assigned an annotated bibliography as
part of his research writing assignment. What is an annotated
bibliography? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. An annotated bibliography is a
list of all Dwight's sources, including full citation information, with
notes on how the source could be used.
Each annotation in an annotated bibliography should include the
complete bibliographic information for the source in addition to a
brief summary of the source. What other information should be
included in each annotation? - Correct Answer✔✔-c. An annotation
should include a critique or evaluation of the credibility of the source.
Gisella wants to find sources on her essay topic: the role of the vice
president in deciding national security matters. She begins searching
on Google Scholar, but gets too many results. Which strategy should
she use to make this search more productive? - Correct Answer✔✔-a.
Narrow the search into a subtopic, determine some essential key
terms, and add them into the search box with the word "and" between
each key term.
In the CRAAP method, the letter "C" stands for Currency. What is the
key question you should ask yourself to determine Currency? -
Correct Answer✔✔-a. When was the item of information published or
produced?
In the CRAAP method, the letter "R" stands for relevance. What is the
key question you should ask yourself to determine if the source is
relevant to your own work? - Correct Answer✔✔-d. How does this
source contribute to my research paper?
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