QUESTION 2
You are researching differing theories about the stages of child development. You find a blog written by a professor who interviewed moms who described observations of their children at different ages. This source is:
A primary source
A secondary source
3 points
QUESTION 3
You are researching reasons for legalizing marijuana. You find a source that calculates the amount of money that the government could collect from taxing the drug in the same way they tax alcohol. It was published by Mellow Gold, a company that sells cannabis seeds. This source is:
A primary source
A secondary source
3 points
QUESTION 4
You are researching the similarities between the Star Wars and the Harry Potter sagas. You find a research paper on the web written on the same subject by a graduate student at NYU. This source is:
A primary source
A secondary source
3 points
QUESTION 5
You are researching the effectiveness of treatments for ADHD. You find a case study from a drug trial for Aderol. This source is:
A primary source
A secondary source
3 points
QUESTION 6
You are researching reasons for legalizing marijuana. You find a source that calculates the amount of money that the government could collect from taxing the drug in the same way they tax alcohol. It was published by Mellow Gold, a company that sells cannabis seeds. This source is:
Extremely reliable
Somewhat reliable
Of questionable reliability
Unreliable
3 points
QUESTION 7
You are researching ways to live with the smallest carbon footprint. You find a source that compiled data from over 100 other sources to create a list of how much energy is consumed from using an electric toothbrush to heating a home with solar power. You try to look at the author's sources from her Works Cited page, and you can't find any of them. This source is:
Extremely reliable
Somewhat reliable
Of questionable reliability
Unreliable
3 points
QUESTION 8
You are researching differing theories about the stages of child development. You find a blog written from 1999-2008 by a mom that describes observations of her children at different ages. This source is:
Extremely reliable
Somewhat reliable
Of questionable reliability
Unreliable
3 points
QUESTION 9
You are researching the conspiracy theory of the Kennedy assassination. You find a biography published in 2000 about Lee Harvey Oswald by a respected history professor at Princeton University. This source is:
Extremely reliable
Somewhat reliable
Of questionable reliability
Unreliable
3 points
QUESTION 10
You are researching summer adventure opportunities for teens that help others. You find an article published in The Atlantic Monthly about a teen who spent her summer working with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. This source is:
Extremely reliable
Somewhat reliable
Of questionable reliability
Unreliable
3 points
QUESTION 11
If you do not recognize the name of a journal or magazine, you should not use it as a source.
True
False