Evaluating sources

A primary source is

• an eyewitness account or a firsthand report of an event

• a story told by someone

• a piece of art, or a scientific evidence

• an account told from someone's perspective

Which of the following phrase BEST defines the term 'fact'?

• piece of information that is considered to be true.

• something that may exist

• information that has been proven to be true.

• anything you considered to be real

Bias

• varying perspectives about a topic

• your opinion about something that has been tested

• a statement that is conclusive

• a strong opinion based on one's believes.

Credible

• incorrect

• trustworthy

• deceptive

• illusive

Which of the following domain addresses are noted to provide reliable and valid information?

• .edu and .gov

• .net and .com

• .tt and .mil

• .org and .health

Which of the following BEST defines the term 'data collection method'?

• The act of collecting data for a research.

• The process used to gathered information using specific tools or instruments to establish the truth.

• The tools used to determine the end result of a study.

• Surveys, interviews and focus groups that are used to conduct a research.

'Qualitative data' can be BEST explained as,

• any research that uses data for analysis

• collecting and analyzing numerical data to understand a concept

• research that collects non-numerical data and seeks to understand and explain the concepts or factors which influence the phenomena in query.

• the absence of numbers when conducting research

Select ALL the disadvantages of using a case study as a research method.

• subject to human errors

• time consuming

• easy to conduct

• researcher bias

Select ALL the disadvantages of using a questionnaire?

• participants' identity is protected

• provides limited insight about the problem at hand

• easily administered

• misleading responses

Select ALL the advantages of an ethnographic research.

• difficult to check the validity of the researcher's conclusion

• yield in-depth information

• relatively inexpensive

• time consuming