WRIT 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: There Are Known Knowns, Factcheck.Org, Fact Checking
17 Jan 2015
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Write down: what you already known about the topic, and how you know it (i. e. sources) [fact check. These!: what you know you don"t know about the topic, leave space for additional known unknowns you will identify them in your research. These become your initial steps, you will come across information you didn"t know! Agenda: discovering known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns, information seeking for beginners, identifying relevant fields of study, accessing databases and searching for articles (jen andreae) [really think about your research question when you are doing research! Don"t allow yourself to get caught up in the research!: take a second look at your research question! [you have to hedge though you can"t make assertions] Options for narrowing: could cats provide emotional support for individuals with depression. Might cats actually cause mental instability/ is there any authenticity to the crazy cat person stereotype.
