Scientific Claim Assessment: Annotated Bibliography- No Late Work Accepted

Submission 

Change to the assignment: submit a PDF of your 4 references so I can read them myself!  Attach this to the Google Document

to Upload Your Google Doc Link Annotated Bibliography Template. Links to an external site.

• You will submit your assignment in Canvas by linking to the corresponding Google Doc. You must change the sharing permissions on the link by doing the following: 

Click on ''File'' drop down menu and select Share with Others 

This Pop Up Window will open - Click on the drop down menu for General Access and select Anyone with Link. 

Then you will select ''Commenter'' under " Role''  and click on ''Copy Link'' 

Once you have updated the sharing permission, click "copy link." This is the link you must use to submit your assignment.

1. QFT:  Questions about your claim

1. State your claim
2. Brainstorm questions- for at least 5 minutes ( at least 10 questions)
3. Identify them as open or closed
4.  Rewrite one close-ended question as open ended
5. Rewrite one open- ended question as closed 
6. Prioritize the most important questions
7. Convert this into a list of what you need to find out to investigate your claim

2. Library Research

You will need to research your claim and find  at least 4 sources

• • • At least 1 source must be a primary research article with key findings that directly support your chosen claim (if your claim is not supported by the evidence you find, re-write your claim so that you're making a claim that is supported by evidence).
      
      • Make sure that your choice is about scientific research, not an informational resource like a review, textbook section, or teaching resource. 
        • scientific research will have methods, a description of how the experiments were set up and performed
        • scientific research will have results, which will be presented in numbers, statistics, images, or observations
        • scientific research will have professional scientist authors responsible for this research
        • scientific research will be peer reviewed and published in a scientific journal
        • scientific research adds something new to the community's understanding of a topic
    • The other sources can be a primary, secondary, or tertiary source. 
      • For review of how to identify which source is which, check out this resource: Identifying sources
    • A great place to start your search is through our library research guide.

3. Writing your annotated bibliography

You must write your annotations in your own words and submit your own work. Here is what you will need:

 Primary Research Article 

• • • Citation (see below)
    • CRAP  Test evaluation (see below)
    • Strength of evidence evaluation (see below)
    • Why the source is useful for evaluating your claim . ( see below)

For all other types of sources

• • • Citation (see below)
    • CRAP  Test evaluation (see below)
    • an evaluation of how well they interpreted the evidence from the primary source (see below).
    • Why the source is useful for evaluating your claim (see below)

Download and complete this document for this assignment: Annotated Bibliography

4. Citations

For each source, provide a formatted citation. Use APA or MLA (but be consistent for both/all of your sources). You can find citation help and Noodle Tools in our Library Guide

5.  CRAP test

• • For each source, provide your assessment using the CRAP test including your reasoning
    • C- currency (when was this published? is it recent enough that the information is useful for your claim?)
    • R - reliability (are the data or key points directly related to your claim? do they directly support or directly refute the claim? is this source based on opinion or fact? what kind of information is included?) 
    • A - authority (who wrote this? what are their credentials? are they an expert in this area?) You might have to google the person!
    • P - purpose (why did someone write this? are they trying to sell something or convince people to do something that would benefit them?) 

6. Strength of evidence (primary source) or strength of interpretation (secondary and tertiary sources)

• • For any primary research articles (you will have at least 2) present a score 0-4 for the strength of the evidence and why you chose that score. Explain each part of your evaluation.
    • 1 point for a random sample (0 for non-random)
    • 1 point for a large sample (0 for a small sample)
    • 1 point for insignificant confounds (0 for significant confounds)
      • review: confounds are alternate explanations for the observations/data
    • 1 point for research bias absent (0 for researcher bias present)
  • For any secondary or tertiary articles, answer these questions:
    • do you think they accurately explained the research they are writing about? Why or why not? How can you tell?

 7. Usefulness 

For each source: why is it useful for supporting your claim? What information is in this source that's important for your project? How does the information relate to your claim?