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         <description><![CDATA[<ol><li>Why should we evaluate the sources we use for our research?</li><li>How do we evaluate the sources we use for our research? What is C.R.A.A.P. test?</li><li>What is the difference between primary and secondary academic sources? Which one is preferrable to use in&nbsp; academic research?</li><li>What the&nbsp; 'peer review' process does involve in academic research? &nbsp;</li></ol><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Group 1 (Cheng, Chiemelie, Jihyun)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1.&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Evaluating information <strong>encourages you to think critically about the reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, point of view or bias of information sources.</strong>To find the most relevant information for your topic and assignment</li><li>To find expert views, opinions, and research on your topic</li><li>To weed out unreliable, biased, outdated, and/or incorrect information.</li><li>Also, accessing all the information of resources is overwhelming. And you might not be sure that all you read is reliable and you should consider if you can trust the resources or not. Hence, you should measure the sources before you choose what you will use.</li></ul><div><br>2.<br><strong>Currency</strong>: You are recommended to use a recent source which is published in the last 5 years.</div><div><strong>Relevance</strong>: You should make sure if the source you find helps you to answer your assignment task. Also check if it is too complex or simple.</div><div><strong>Authority</strong>: You should check the credentials. Think about questions such as is the source peer reviewed or linked to a uni/government department.</div><div><strong>Accuracy</strong>: You should check if the source is accurate by searching if it has a bibliography or evidence of findings.</div><div><strong>Purpose</strong>: You should think about what the author is trying to tell you. For example, are they aiming at persuading readers or is it commercial? Or is it biased?<br><br>3. Primary sources provide raw information and first-hand evidence. Examples include interview transcripts, statistical data, and works of art. A primary source gives you direct access to the subject of your research.</div><div>Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers. Examples include journal articles, reviews, and academic books. A secondary source describes, interprets, or synthesizes primary sources.</div><div>Primary sources are more credible as evidence, but good research uses both primary and secondary sources.<br><br>4.</div><ul><li>It is a system used to assess the quality of source before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant sectors assess the originality, validity, and significance to help editors determine whether a manuscript should be published or not.</li><li>The evaluation of a knowledge product involving a number of experts in a number of fields</li></ul><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Group 2(Janice Handojo,Xuanxuan,Xiaohan)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1.&nbsp; &nbsp; It is important to evaluate the source because the information might be old and may not be relevant to the topic. It is essential for authors to have a deep understanding of the topic and they have gotten the proper education to write the book or article.&nbsp;<br>1. Because we need to determine whether the information we use is useful and whether it is what we need.<br><br>2.currency,relevance,authority,accurac,<br>purpose</div><div>2. To evaluate the source, it is important to know that it is relevant to topic, if the book/article is recently made and if the author has the proper education to the topic. C.R.A.A.P is an acronym for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose. This method is efficient and very helpful in researching good sources.&nbsp;</div><div><br>3. Primary academic resource is a direct information from the source about the topic while secondary academic resource is an information that is received not based from their own findings but from other researchers’ findings. It is preferable to use primary academic resource because the findings found are based on actual experiments that are made by yourself than other researchers.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>4. <a href="http://4.show/">Show</a> your academic articles among professionals to get more helpful comments to further improve or revise.<br>&nbsp; Peer-reviewed means other experts review the journal article before it was published. By doing this, it offers criticism and improvements to the academic journal or book.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Group3  Zhida, Ghosia, Sera </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>1. Why should we evaluate the sources we use for our research?<br>In a class, it may be assigned to help students familiarize themselves with a topic and with scholarship in their field, get an idea of the other researchers working on the topic they’re interested in, find gaps in existing research in order to propose new projects, and/or develop a theoretical framework and methodology for later research. As a publication, evaluating usually is meant to help make other scholars’ lives easier by collecting and summarizing, synthesizing, and analyzing existing research on a topic.<br><br></div><div>2. How do we evaluate the sources we use for our research? What is C.R.A.A.P. test?<br>CRAAP is an acronym and stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose.<br>We can evaluate sources depending on our purpose. the sources better choose from last 5 years, (it depends on the needs, we can use old sources as well) and had to peer review.<br><br>3. What is the difference between primary and secondary academic sources? Which one is preferrable to use in&nbsp; academic research?<br>Primary sources provide raw information and first-hand evidence. Examples include interview transcripts, statistical data, and works of art. A primary source gives you direct access to the subject of your research.<br>Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers. Examples include journal articles, reviews, and academic books. A secondary source describes, interprets, or synthesizes primary sources.</div><div><br>4. What the&nbsp; 'peer review process does involve in academic research?&nbsp;<br>The author submits a manuscript, Assigned to editor Editorial assessment, Triage decision desk reject or send to referees, External peer review, Editor assesses review reports, Final decision communicated to author and reviewers.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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         <title>Group 4(Kehan, Ruoyue, Chuyue）</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li>1. Evaluating information encourages you to think critically about the reliability, validity, accuracy, authority, timeliness, point of view or bias of information sources.</li></ul><div><br></div><ul><li>2. According to these five key points.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Authority. Who is the author and/or publisher?</li><li>Accuracy. How reliable is the information provided?</li><li>Objectivity. What is the purpose of the resource?</li><li>Currency. How up-to-date is the resource?</li><li>Coverage. Does the resource contain information relevant to your topic?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The CRAAP Test is one of the evaluation methods.CRAAP is an acronym and stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy and Purpose.</li></ul><div><br>3. A primary source gives you direct access to the subject of your research. Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other researchers. Primary sources are preferable to use in academic research.<br><br>4. Usually an article is reviewed by two or three people</div><div>Accept the manuscript unconditionally and publish it directly.</div><div>Accept the manuscript, but the author needs to strengthen some viewpoints.</div><div>Reject the manuscript, but encourage the manuscript to be revised before re-submission.</div><div>Just reject the manuscript.</div><div><br></div>]]></description>
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