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Validity Finding Referencing
Data
Validity Finding Referencing
Validity of what?
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/introval.php
Validity?
‘the best available approximation to the truth
of a given proposition, inference, or conclusion’
Research validity
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/introval.php
Validity?
Of data sources…..
PRIMARY data sourcesdata we generate (and process)
SECONDARY data sourcesdata others generate and we process
Validity?
Of sources…..
books articles journals websites
Validity of a web site?
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/introval.php
Website Validity Checklist?
The site is professional Website has an author Information must be credible and error free Site is published and copyrighted Links to other sites verify the same
information References Information is unbiased Website must be current
From http://acoachma.tripod.com/
Learn about website validity?
Google it!
http://websitevalidity.pbworks.com/Validity-of-a-Website
SACEhttp://www.sace.sa.edu.au/the-sace/students-families/
research-advice
Summary research advice?
SACE Board on conducting research
critical learning skill promoted in SACE
essential part of the learning process
From http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/the-sace/students-families/research-advice
SACE documents
are provided to support students / teachers undertaking independent research for SACE subjects.
includes advice on conducting ethical research, and writing and referencing conventions.
SACE http://www.sace.sa.edu.au/the-sace/students-families/research-advice
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Data
Validity
Finding Referencing
Using the web for research
One way of getting data
http://www.slideshare.net/abc3d/introduction-to-social-media-for-qualitative-research
Using the web to gather data
http://www.slideshare.net/abc3d/introduction-to-social-media-for-qualitative-research
Using the web to gather data
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Using the web to gather data
http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Libraries
In case you hadn’t seen this:
Back to the main point LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs
How much research goes into an ad like this one?
Adelaide Uni e-library
What is Summon? With Summon, you can quickly
search, discover and access reliable and credible library content – print and electronic books, single articles to entire e-journals, newspapers, theses and more.
Summon is a good starting point to find material for your research.
Search Summon from Library website or from your smartphone.
What's covered in Summon?Thousands of citations and fulltext of scholarly materials,
including:
6,800+ publishers' journals and books
94,000+ journal and newspaper titles
500,000,000+ items indexed so far, from journal articles to e-books, audio music files to theses
1,000,000+ University of Adelaide Library catalogue records
for known items, it's best to use the classic catalogue or Summon Advanced search
What’s a journal?
Collection of articles
Peer-referenced
Now also online (e-journals)
Summon? ‘cromagnon’
This is HOT
Summon?
This is HOT
EBSCO host ‘teenage self image’
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Data
Validity Finding
Referencing
Referencing – why? When you write a report or essay and include someone else’s ideas
you should immediately acknowledge this original source.
This is called referencing (or citing) and the description of the source you provide is called a reference (or a citation).
We are going to focus on the Harvardor author-date system, one of the more commonly used systems in Australia.
There are some variations in the application of the author-date system, depending on the authority consulted. The information provided here is based on Style manual for authors, editors and printers 2002, 6th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Australia.
Adapted from eLearning site of Tasmania TAFE http://elearning.tafe.tas.edu.au/library/referencing/index.htm
Referencing – why? provides evidence you have researched topic
thoroughly and found sources that support your argument or the information you are providing. Your document appears more authoritative.
an acknowledgement of another person’s intellectual work, which rightfully belongs to that person
using another’s work without acknowledgement is called plagiarism. Plagiarism is the taking, using, and passing off as your own the ideas or words of another.
Adapted from eLearning site of Tasmania TAFE
http://elearning.tafe.tas.edu.au/library/referencing/index.htm
Referencing – when?
You should reference if you:
quote (use their exact words)
copy (use their figures, tables or structure)
paraphrase (use their idea in your own words)
summarise (give a brief account of their ideas)
Adapted from eLearning site of Tasmania TAFE http://elearning.tafe.tas.edu.au/library/referencing/index.htm
Referencing – how?
You identify your source of information by making reference to it:
in the text of your report or essay (called in-text referencing)
in a list at the end of your report or essay (called a reference list or citation list)
Adapted from eLearning site of Tasmania TAFE http://elearning.tafe.tas.edu.au/library/referencing/index.htm
Referencing tools / options
Booklet based on SACE (go www.sace.sa.edu.au)
Uni sites (Adelaide, Wollongong, Purdue (The OWL)…….
Bibliographic software (EndNote etc) Online bibliographic helpers
Son of Citation Machine CiteULike
MS Word ‘insert reference’
EBSCO host ‘teenage self image’
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Finally
Expect difficulties Play! Make mistakes Keep trying Keep it consistent
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