Research Terms

Accurate

• free from mistakes or errors

• a wrong or mistaken idea

• a way of looking at or thinking about something

• the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person

Point of view

• free from mistakes or errors

• a wrong or mistaken idea

• a way of looking at or thinking about something

• the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person

Misconception

• free from mistakes or errors

• a wrong or mistaken idea

• a way of looking at or thinking about something

• the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person

Plagiarism

• free from mistakes or errors

• a wrong or mistaken idea

• a way of looking at or thinking about something

• the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person

Fact

• a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others

• something that truly exists or happens

• a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something

• to write or say the exact words of someone, to write or say a line or short section from a piece of writing or a speech

Opinion

• a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others

• something that truly exists or happens

• a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something

• to write or say the exact words of someone, to write or say a line or short section from a piece of writing or a speech

Bias

• a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others

• something that truly exists or happens

• a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something

• to write or say the exact words of someone, to write or say a line or short section from a piece of writing or a speech

Quote

• a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others

• something that truly exists or happens

• a belief, judgment, or way of thinking about something

• to write or say the exact words of someone, to write or say a line or short section from a piece of writing or a speech

Validity / Valid

• the quality of being real or correct

• to say something that someone else has said or written using different words

• to say (something that someone else has said or written) using different words

• a short note in a piece of writing that says where the information comes from

Paraphrase

• the quality of being real or correct

• to say something that someone else has said or written using different words

• a brief statement that gives the most important information about something

• a short note in a piece of writing that says where the information comes from