How do you decide to use something? by

It's know accepted wisdom

2024-12-12 11:52:08 UTC

often quoted in the domain (eg Blooms)

Relevancy

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Relevancy to overall topic (not just a sidebar), and coherent arguement

who else is using it?

rebeccagill4 — 2024-12-12 11:52:39 UTC

looking at citations etc

2024-12-12 11:52:50 UTC

If its a source I've used and trusted before

Relevance

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Peer reviewed

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& in an authoritative Journal

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Comparing numbers of citations

Relevancy and authority

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Relevancy - whether the article is relevant to your topic. Authority - how much authority does the publication journal have in the field.

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whether the topic is relevant, peer-reviewed, cited by others, cites research that seems genuine and relevant

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If it's relevant to the subject

Author

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I do a check on the person who created it. General background, looking for anything odd that pops up

It has looked into existing materials and cited them.

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Number of citations/referenced elsewhere

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Age/Date

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Is it still relevant? Have there been further developments since?

If (after reading) the methodology is sound.

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A contrary argument

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Something to argue against; anticipated objections!

2024-12-12 11:53:49 UTC

Have a scan over the abstract and see if it is what I am looking for.

Citations

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recommended by externals e.g. QAA, AdvanceHE other LD mailing lists

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Date of publication

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peer reviewed

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Relevance

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citation hits

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abstract...

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No/little potential bias

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strong evaluation of the theory in practice

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For me, I think if I find it useful as material I would then check through the provenance of it - who wrote it, what is their primary research area, what is the institution it comes from, which publisher, who's on the editorial board of the journal

kieranrafferty1 — 2024-12-12 11:55:30 UTC

international perspectives

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