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Carter is writing a research paper on professional baseball players who also had successful careers in other areas like business and government. A video on Facebook makes an outrageous claim that Communist Cuban leader Fidel Castro played professional baseball when he was a young man. Carter can't believe this is true, and he does research to see if he can determine if this claim is accurate. He searches on the Wikipedia article for Castro first, but finds no mention of Castro playing professional baseball. Which of the four moves might help Carter?
He should write to his dad, who is a baseball fan, and ask for his opinion.
He should ask his high school baseball coach buddy.
He should stop and think critically about the Facebook video.
He should find better coverage, perhaps from baseball history books.
There are several levels of narrowing a topic, from very broad to something appropriate for your assignment. Which of the following is an example of effective narrowing?
Responses
Foods from Louisiana > Regional Cooking in the US > Cajun Food
Birds of North America > Pigeons > Carrier pigeons used by the US Military
Nissan Leaf > Japanese cars > Eco-friendly cars
Coney Island Style pizza > New York pizza > Pizza in Italy
Mary Jo understands that she needs to find authoritative and credible sources for her paper; she also understands that it's better to find a smaller number of these useful sources, rather than a vast number of sources that she'll have to look at individually to determine if they're authoritative and credible. What might help her manage her search for "quality" rather than "quantity."
Responses
Google.
Encyclopedias
Wikipedia
Google Scholar
Meilynn is considering a source for her research paper that uses an analysis prepared by another undergraduate student. While the student's work seems, on the face of it, to be useful and well-done, Meilynn is worried about using data supplied by someone with no more expertise than she has on her own. What aspect of the C.R.A.A.P. method is she utilizing to evaluate whether to use this source or not?
Responses
Relevance
Purpose
Currency
Authority
As you work through the research process, you will revisit steps. What is one effective example of this?
As you are selecting and narrowing the topic, you may jump forward to prepare data in graphs and charts to make your supporting evidence clearer to the reader.
As you start examining sources, reading and taking notes, you may begin bibliography entries and then return to polish and finalize it as you write your first and final drafts of your paper.
As you write the final draft, you may go back and do additional research to add sources to meet the minimum number required by your instructor.
As you polish your paper before submitting it to your instructor, you realize that your thesis is way too broad and you need to do more research to support your conclusion.