Research vocabulary

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Research vocabulary

• To be smart and survive in this project, you need

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Biased

• A preference or an inclination, especially one
  that inhibits impartial judgment.
• Example
• Smoking is bad.

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Unbiased

• Without preference or prejudice impartial.
• Example
• According to the Surgeon General, research shows
  that smoking can cause lung cancer.

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Authoritative

• When the author or institution has strong
  credentials
• Example
• According to the Food and Drug Administration,
  the H1N1 vaccine is completely safe for the
  public.

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Unreliable

• When the author, or institution has weak, little,
  or no credentials.
• Example
• I heard from the barista at Starbucks that the
  death toll in Iraq has skyrocketed in the past
  three months.

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Skimming

• A fast reading technique used to obtain the gist
  of a piece of text
• Example
• Reading an article in about 2 minutes to figure
  out if it will discuss your argument.

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Scanning

• Can be used to look up a phone number, names on a
  list, info on a web page
• Example
• Quickly looking at a list of article titles to
  find your topic.

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Paraphrase

• Rephrasing the text into your own words
• Example
• This program is made possible by a unique
  partnership between the Teacher Education Program
  of Lewis Clark College and the Oregon Branch of
  the International Dyslexia Association (ORBIDA)
  and has been in existence since 1986.
• Paraphrase Reversals has been connecting future
  teachers in training at Lewis Clark College and
  the Oregon Branch of the International Dyslexia
  Association since 1986.

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Primary Sources

• A firsthand or eyewitness account of an event
• Example
• The commanding officer provided CNN with a
  detailed report of the attack.

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Secondary Source

• An analysis or restatement of primary sources
• Example
• You read an article about the economy that sites
  a quote from Obama. Since you cant talk to Obama
  about it, but you REALLY want to use the quote,
  you put the quote in your essay but still site
  Obama.
• (confused yet?)

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Body of Evidence

• A graphic organizer used to help sort information
  found in a source.
• Example
• The worksheet you will get in the library in 2
  class periods.
• Cornell notes