Finding Credible Sources

Why should you not cite Wikipedia?

• “Allowing anyone to edit Wikipedia means that it is more easily vandalized or susceptible to unchecked information.”

• “Wikipedia is written largely by amateurs. Those with expert credentials are given no additional weight.”

• “Articles and subject areas sometimes suffer from significant omissions.”

• “While articles may be altered by anyone, in practice editing will be performed by a certain demographic (younger rather than older, male rather than female, rich enough to afford a computer rather than poor) and may, therefore, show some bias.”

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CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.W.7.1B

Define bias.

• Bias refers to prejudice in favor or against something or someone.

• Bias refers to impartiality.

• Bias refers to neutrality.

• Bias refers to objectivity.

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RI.7.4

Define bias.

• preference

• partiality

• subjectivity

• fairness

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Identify antonyms for the word biased.

• fair

• equal

• objective

• subjective

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CCSS.RI.7.4

Identify antonyms for the word biased.

• subjective

• partial

• impartial

• objective

Define credible.

• believable

• reliable

• unreliable

• trustworthy

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CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

Which of the following sources should you trust?

• research without citations

• respected institutions

• sites with grammar errors

• sites ending in .edu or .gov

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CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.8

Which sources should you trust?

• scholarly journals

• peer-reviewed journals

• government statistics

• medical journals

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CCSS.W.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.8

Which sources should you not trust?

• tweets

• message boards

• blogs

• medical journals

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CCSS.W.7.8

Which sites should you usually consider credible?

• sites ending in .gov

• sites with spelling errors

• possibly sites ending in .com

• sites ending in .edu

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CCSS.W.7.8