4QEng

• Fact or opinion: they are interwoven together.
• Fact: can be proven by evidence, records, statistes, or reliable data

  its basis may be a testimony of a witness or investigation it should

  be agreed upon majority., and has to be studied.
• opinion: statement of a persons belief. It can be supported by a Fact. Express opinion, Feelings. preferences, or bias of a person which comes from a peson that needs no validation
• Facts then may be acepted then can be found false later on. the statement becomes an error.
• Modals, verbs, and adverts also serves as a marker of fact and opinion
• Facts are

  not better than opinions, or vice versa. fact and opprions are not opposite
• primary sources

  first hand, orginal materials, raw, materials that researchers study and analyze, -Detailed, as they experienced and witnessed an event.
• proof of primary sources (saved)

  S-cripts of interview

  A-ctual remains and artifacts

  actual documents

  V-ideo/audio recordings of events

  E-yewitness accounts

  D-iaries/letters
• secondary sources interpretation of primary sources
• proof of secondary sources (Card ni Biler)

  C-ommentaries

  A-nalysis of literary works

  R-evies

  D-iscussions

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  Bi-ographies

  Le-ctures

  R-eports
• evaluating the credibility of the source: not all information in the internet is reliable
• how to check sources credibility:

  1 Find out more about the author of the information

  2 Check the authors qualification

  3 Be wary of using an authors source

  4 currency of information if it's up to date

  5 Do not assume that the very first result are credible in using search engine. The most popular sources are not the best one

  6. Beware of internet hoax
• hoax: a false or fraudulent claim or statement made for the purpose of deceiving