Fact Checking and Understanding Bias

How can you ensure that you are gathering accurate facts while conducting research?

• Use multiple sources

• Evaluate the credibility of the website/author

• Make sure the source has been reviewed by other experts

• All of the above

All of the following are components of primary sources EXCEPT...

• Someone else's interpretation of original information

• A first hand resource or experience

• Original material from the source

• Diaries, letters, artifacts, emails, original documents

A secondary source is...

• Copied and pasted information from an encyclopedia

• a primary source that has been interpreted or evaluated in some way

• Original information related to first hand experience

• Raw material or footage

The Declaration of Independence is a...

• primary source

• secondary source

A passage from Anne Frank's diary is an example of a...

• primary source

• secondary source

An article noting the dangers of violent video games is an example of a...

• primary source

• secondary source

What is bias?

• a thing that is known or proven to be true

• a viewpoint or judgement formed that is not based on fact

• A preference for or against one thing over another

• a arguable statement formed in support of one side over another

"Starbucks makes better coffee faster" is an example of...

• loaded language

• an author's credibility

• generalization

"All children eat cereal for breakfast" is an example of...

• loaded language

• generalization

• opinion

"Science is my favorite class" is an example of...

• (A) bias

• (B) an opinion

• (C) loaded language

• B and C

• A, B, and C