SPE-101 Chapter 5

Secondary sources are not reliable and you should stay away from them for college research. True or False

False

To "read laterally" means to read what other sources say about the material or source of the information. true or False

True

Which is an example of a primary source? a. A journalist interviewing veterans back from the Middle East b. A communication scholar writing an article about what scholarly journal articles say about self-disclosure. c. A student using the digital catalog at his college's library to write a speech. d. A technical writer writing a report for her supervisor on the best copiers for the company to buy.

A

"Information that has been compiled, filtered, edited or interpreted in some way" defines a. primary sources b. secondary sources c. academic sources d. peer-reviewed sources

B

"Truncated" in terms of researching materials refers to ____. a. shortening the time spent by using only the Internet b. using the stem letters of a word that might appear in different forms c. using only the abstracts of articles of scholarly journals, since they reveal the core information d. how you cite the material in a speech—not including all information, only parts of it.

B

If you construct a survey in your class about your speech topic and get your classmates' opinions, that is a. secondary research b. primary research c. information literacy d. source verification

B

If you find an article on the Internet that you want to use is behind a paywall, what should you do? a. pay the fee b. see if it's available in your college's library database c. just use the available part, such as the abstract, that might be visible d. none of a-c

B

Mary wants to use a short survey to prepare her class speech. Her thesis is "Drivers over the age of 75 should be retested to renew their drivers licenses every two years." Her first question is "Do you oppose or support stricter regulations on elderly drivers to keep the roads safer?" Critique her first question. a. It's good because it gives two clear choices. b. It is not good because the wording is biased. c. It is good because she will know her audience's specific attitudes prior to her speech. d. It is not good because it will be hard to put into an electronic survey.

B

Of the three words And, Or, and Not, using which one will probably result in the most websites or articles brought up? a. And b. Or c. Not d. This question is irrelevant because the words do not affect how many sites are brought up in the search engine

B

Three terms that are used interchangeably in regard to research are a. peer-reviewed, primary, scholarly b. peer-reviewed, academic, scholarly c. academic, scholarly, secondary d. reliable, current, scholarly

B

Utilizing the words And, Or, and Not in a search engine is called a. Advanced search b. Boolean search c. Primary research d. Investigative research

B

When the word "And" is used with in a search engine with two separate search terms, the results will be a. all the sites that use the first term and all the sites that use the second term. b. All the sites that use the first term but none of the second term. c. Only the sites that use both the first term and second term. d. None of a-c

C

Which is good advice for constructing a survey for researching your speech? a. use open-ended questions b. use fifteen or more questions c. Try to include all the options that would be relevant for multiple-choice questions d. Ask direct questions such as "Do you oppose our government wasting money on space exploration?"

C

Works that are published on an ongoing, regular basis are called a. monographs b. annual c. periodicals d. academic journals

C

"A process in which other scholars have read a work of scholarly writing and evaluated whether it meets the quality standards of a particular publication and/or discipline" is the definition of _________. a. scholarly b. primary c. secondary d. peer-reviewed e. journalistic

D

"Domain" refers to what part of the web address? a. http b. title c. author d. .org or .com

D

To do more specific Internet research, use _____. a. quotation marks around the search term b. use Boolean operators c. only use .gov and .edu sites d. a and b e. b and c

D

Which is good advice for personally interviewing sources for a speech? a. Allow the interviewee to give you reliable background statistics. b. Expect at least an hour for the interview. c. Use general questions so that the interviewee feels free to talk. d. Be sure to choose someone with first-hand, especially professional, experience of the topic. e. Ask questions about their experience, such as "how many lawsuits have you been involved in?"

D

Which of these is an example of writing style as a test of a website? a. loaded language b. errors c. use of name-calling d. all of the above e. none of the above

D

Wikipedia's value to you as you research your speech is a. to get common knowledge, basic material on a subject b. to get other sources you can use c. to enhance your credibility as a researcher d. a & c e. a & b

E

Using research properly relates to the ethics and credibility of a speech. True or False

True

Search engines such as Google and Yahoo allow you to narrow the search through certain filters, as you can do in library databases.

true