AUNTHENTICITY AND VALIDITY OF EVIDENCE/INFORMATION

AUNTHENTICITY AND VALIDITY OF EVIDENCE/

INFORMATION

REMEMBER:

WHILE THERE IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION FOUND IN VARIOUS SOURCES ELECTRONICALLY, YOU SHOULD ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT NOT ALL OF THESE PIECES OF INFORMATION ARE ACCURATE, RELEVANT, VALID OR CREDIDLE.

NOTE:

• There is always a risk that the sources taken from the internet or anywhere else have biased or incorrect information, so you have to evaluate and filter your sources before using them.

• The criteria include relevance, authority, currency, contents and locations of sources

How much do you know?

Read the following 5 statements on the next slides and click the correct answer. (TRUE OR FALSE)

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Logical fallacies are errors in reasoning that invalidates an argument

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Opinions are better than facts in supporting an argument

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Statistics can be used as evidence to support an argument

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Bandwagon occurs when someone tries to refute an argument by attacking the character of a person instead of attacking the ideas of the argument

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Evidence from expert interviews can strengthen your stand

CRITERIA IN ASSESSING WHETHER THE SOURCES IS SUITABLE TO USE FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

1. RELEVANCE OF THE SOURCE

* How well does the source support your stand?

* You can check the title, table of contents, summary, introduction or headings of the text to have sense of its content

2. Authority/Author's Qualifications

* Is the author's name identified?

*Is the author's background, education, or training related to the topic?

*If the source does not have an author, think twice before using it

*Legitimate academic texts must include citations. Citations demonstrate that the writer has thoroughly researched the topic and is not plagiarizing the material.

3. Currency/Date of Publication

• What is the date of the publication?

• In most fields, the data from the older publications may no longer be valid

• As much as possible the date of publication should be at most five years earlier

4. Contents/Accuracy of Information

• Does the author have a lot of citations in his or her text and/or bibliography or works cited section

• You do not want to use source that is disputable, so make sure to verify your findings with multiple sources

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5. Location of Sources

• Where was the source published? Digitally or in print?

• Is it a book, an academic journal or reputable news source as www.nytimes.com or www.economist.com?

• Does it provide complete publication information such as author/s, editor/s, title, date of publication and publisher?

• What is the URL of the website?

• Avoid using blogs or personal homepage and wiki sites (Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquotes))

• If the URL includes the top-level domain .edu, then that means that it has been published by an academic institution such as university

• Common URLs includes .gov (government), .org (organization), .com (commercial sites) and .net (network infrastructure)

• In academic writing, reputable sites are those with .edu, .giv, .net and .org in URL

Congratulations!

So let's see how much you remember and learn form our topic for today ^^*

Open Ended

Why is it important to evaluate sources of information that you plan to include in your academic writing venture?

Open Ended

What are the criterias in assessing suitability of sources to be used academically?

GREAT!

Now you are ready to move on on our next topic =)