Exam Practise Questions Flashcards
What are Primary Sources?
Primary sources are the original sources of information recorded at the time an event occurred
Examples of Primary Sources?
First-hand accounts of events Diaries & Personal Interiews Data collected for scientific studies Historical documents Government Documents Autobiographies
What are Secondary Sources?
Secondary sources of information are derived from primary sources
How to Reference a Journal Article?
With DOI: Author. (Year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number(issue number) first-last page of article. doi:
Without DOI: Author. (Year). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number(issue number) first-last page of article. Retrieved from http://URL
What is Paraphrasing?
To express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.
How to Structure an Essay?
Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusions
What is Statistical Significance?
Is the likelihood that a relationship between two or more variables is caused by something other than random chance.
What Subject Words?
is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something
What are Limiting Words
They are usually those words in an assignment question which help you focus your discussion on the topic
What are Direction Words?
Words that help direct a paper in a certain direction
What does CRAAP stand for?
Currency Relevance Authority Accuracy Purpose
Examples of linking words?
However Ideally In Addition Furthermore Therefore As a result In Summary
What do when there’s more then one Author per Journal Article?
Forgarty, G. J., & Burton, L. J.
What is Null Hypothesis?
Null hypothesis is a hypothesis that says there is no statistical significane between the two variables
6 C’s of functional writing
Clear Complete Consise Considerate Concrete Correct
