Participation 3.31 Research Writing

Multiple Choice

The process by which experts evaluate a research article to make sure it is a credible, reproducible, original work before it may be published in a scholarly journal

• 
  peer-review process

• 
  data simplification

• 
  process of elimination

• 
  analytical process

Multiple Choice

Which type of websites are generally considered credible sources for research?

• Personal blogs and forums.

• Social media platforms with popular content.

• Government, educational, and peer-reviewed academic sites.

• Commercial websites that promote products.

Multiple Choice

What is a recommended time frame to use a source for a research paper?

• No more than
  20 years

• 1 to 2 years

• 1 year

• 
  No more than
  10 years

Multiple Choice

A student who has worked as a veterinary technician for five years is writing a research paper on the dangers of zoonotic diseases from exotic pets. When should they cite sources in their paper?

• The student should never cite sources; their professional expertise is the only source required.

• The student should cite sources for general or common knowledge.

  
  

• The student should cite sources for statistics, research studies, and other specific forms of evidence.

• The student should include citations for personal experience.

Multiple Choice

What is considered as common knowledge or information that does not need to be cited in a research essay?

• Quotes from experts

• Specific research findings from published studies

• Widely accepted facts, basic scientific principles, personal experience, real-life or hypothetical examples

• Statistics

Multiple Choice

A student finds a news article with eyewitness accounts of a tiger escape; it has been cross-referenced in other credible sources but lacks expert analysis. How can they use this source?

• As primary evidence of expert opinion.

• As anecdotal evidence (short story) for the attention grabber in the introduction.

• As the only source in the essay.

• As a replacement for a peer-reviewed source.

Multiple Choice

Which option is a credible source?

• Academic Journal
  Grant, Rachel A et al. “ExNOTic: Should We Be Keeping Exotic Pets?” Animals: an open access journal from MDPI vol. 7,6 47. 19 Jun. 2017, doi:10.3390/ani7060047

• Personal Blog
  Smith, James. "Exotic Pets" https://exoticpetsblog
  
  

Multiple Choice

Which option is an effective thesis statement?

• In this essay, I will argue that large exotic animals are hazardous, unethical, and pose ecological risks; therefore, they should be banned.

• Large exotic animals are hazardous, unethical, and pose ecological risks; therefore, they should be banned.

• Why should large exotic animals be banned?

• The pros of large exotic animals is that they provide companionship yet a con is that they are dangerous.

Multiple Choice

Which option is a good way to organize the body of
an essay based on the writer's thesis statement below?
Large exotic animals are hazardous, unethical, and pose ecological risks; therefore, they should be banned.

• Opposing view
  Ethical concerns
  Safety concerns
  Ecological risks

• Ethical concerns
  History of exotic animals

  Ecological risks
  Opposing viewpoint

  Safety concerns

• Summarize Article 1

  Summarize Article 2

  Summarize Article 3

  Omit the Opposing Viewpoint