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Locating Supporting Material

Locating Supporting Material. Research/Support. Information taken from material of fact, or opinion, used to support your speech. Enhances Credibility Gives Credit where Credit is due!. Steps to Research. Specific/Directed Free Flowing/Flexible Brainstorm Ideas Brainstorm Places to look

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Locating Supporting Material

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  1. Locating Supporting Material

  2. Research/Support • Information taken from material of fact, or opinion, used to support your speech. • Enhances Credibility • Gives Credit where Credit is due!

  3. Steps to Research • Specific/Directed • Free Flowing/Flexible • Brainstorm Ideas • Brainstorm Places to look • Determine a variety of key words (search terms) • Keep notes along the way

  4. Library • Three advantages to good old library resources… • Permanent! • Credibility • Already Organized to help you find information.

  5. Types of evidence • Books • Periodicals • Newspapers • Magazines/Journals • Government Documents • Fact Books, Encyclopedias and Other Printed Resources • Interviews • Surveys • Websites

  6. Testing resources? • Beware of phrases like, “I read somewhere,” and “Experts say,” • ANYONE can create a website! • What information is here? • What is the motive behind the information? • Who is the originator of the site?

  7. Remember CARRB • C-Credibility • A-Accuracy • R-Recent/Reliability • B-Bias

  8. Is the source qualified? • Expertise: Does the source know what he/she is talking about? Don’t forget, even experts can be wrong. • Look at education, credentials, degrees, licenses, honors, awards, peer recognition.

  9. Accuracy • Does the information sound true? • Do you find similar information in other documents?

  10. reliability of the source? • Can you trust the source? • Polygraph Test? • Can you trust what is on the web? • Wikipedia!! Many errors have been discovered on Wikipedia. • David Beckham was a Chinese goalkeeper in the 18th century. • Kazakhstan’s entry was altered to include information about Borat.

  11. Recency • How old is your information? • Some topics have foundational pieces…this is OK!

  12. bias • Does this author have a bias? • Does the bias help/hurt your information?

  13. Online Research • To Trust or Not to Trust?

  14. Attention Students: Try our MLK Pop Quiz Martinlutherking.org

  15. Primary research • Interviews • Pay attention to appearance • Arrive on time (even early!) • Equipment? • Brief explanation to interviewer • Allow for questions • Actively listen!

  16. Primary research • Surveys • Sample should be representative • Sample should be large • Factor in the location • Cost

  17. Useful sites for testing evidence/resources • http://www.factcheck.org • http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter • http://voices.washingtonpost.com/factchecker • http://snopes.com • http://newsbusters.org (liberal bias) • http://mediamatters.org (liberal bias)

  18. LAMP

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