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Evaluating sources

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A primary source is

a)

an eyewitness account or a firsthand report of an event

b)

a story told by someone

c)

a piece of art, or a scientific evidence

d)

an account told from someone's perspective

2.

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

a)

piece of information that is considered to be true.

b)

something that may exist

c)

information that has been proven to be true.

d)

anything you considered to be real

3.

Bias

a)

varying perspectives about a topic

b)

your opinion about something that has been tested

c)

a statement that is conclusive

d)

a strong opinion based on one's believes.

4.

Credible

a)

incorrect

b)

trustworthy

c)

deceptive

d)

illusive

5.

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

a)

.edu and .gov

b)

.net and .com

c)

.tt and .mil

d)

.org and .health

6.

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

a)

The act of collecting data for a research.

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

7.

'Qualitative data' can be BEST explained as,

a)

any research that uses data for analysis

b)

collecting and analyzing numerical data to understand a concept

c)

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

d)

the absence of numbers when conducting research

8.

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

a)

subject to human errors

b)

time consuming

c)

easy to conduct

d)

researcher bias

9.

Select ALL the disadvantages of using a questionnaire?

a)

participants' identity is protected

b)

provides limited insight about the problem at hand

c)

easily administered

d)

misleading responses

10.

Select ALL the advantages of an ethnographic research.

a)

difficult to check the validity of the researcher's conclusion

b)

yield in-depth information

c)

relatively inexpensive

d)

time consuming