BPK 142 Study Guide - Final Guide: Jargon, Web Resource
27 Apr 2018
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BPK 142 - LABORATORY REVIEW QUESTIONS - PART 2 (Week 11)
Laboratory #11 – Learning How To Use The Library
1. Describe three characteristics of a scholarly article.
- 8-30 pages in length
- Written by scholars, for scholars – the author’s university or research institution will
always be noted.
- LOTS of citations – go to the end of an article and if you see an extensive bibliography
or reference list, you’re looking at a scholarly article.
- Specialized language (jargon)
- Usually -- but not always -- peer-reviewed
2. Define the following terms:
a. Peer-reviewed journal: A “peer-reviewed” or “refereed” journal is one in which the
articles it contains have been examined by people with credentials in the article’s field of
study before it is published.
b. Serials: Work published in instalments
c. Research articles: Reports the results of original research, assesses its contribution to
the body of knowledge in a given area, and is published in a peer-reviewed scholarly
journal.
d. Review articles: Article that gives a critical evaluation of the current state of research on
a particular topic.
- Generally summarize the existing literature on a topic in an attempt to explain the current
state of understanding on the topic.
e. Open-access journals: Scholarly journals that are available online to the reader without
financial, legal, or technical barriers.
f. Scientific method: A way of testing ideas under controlled conditions before accepting
them as true.
g. Control group: A group of experimental subjects who are intended to be the same as
the experimental group except for the factor that the experimental groups get exposed to
treatment.
h. Double-blind experiment: An experiment in which neither the subjects nor the
experimentalists know which subjects are in the control group and which are in the
experimental groups until the end of the experiment.
3. List three red flags that indicate that you should be skeptical of information you are
reading on the internet.
Be skeptical of information when you find these red flags:
- The information is anonymous
- There is a conflict of interest
- The information is one-sided or biased
- The information is outdated
- There is a claim of a miracle or secret cure
- No evidence is cited
- The grammar is poor and words are misspelled
Document Summary
Bpk 142 - laboratory review questions - part 2 (week 11) Laboratory #11 learning how to use the library: describe three characteristics of a scholarly article. Be skeptical of information when you find these red flags: There is a claim of a miracle or secret cure. The grammar is poor and words are misspelled: explain the difference between an experimental study and an epidemiological study. Written by scholars, for scholars the author"s university or research institution will always be noted. Lots of citations go to the end of an article and if you see an extensive bibliography or reference list, you"re looking at a scholarly article. Usually -- but not always -- peer-reviewed: once you"ve found a web resource related to your topic, evaluating its reliability is the critically important final step. Describe three basic questions that you should ask to evaluate the reliability of the resource.
