Across
- 3. an alphabetized list of the resources referred to in a work of scholarly research, often appearing at the end of the article
- 7. a magazine or other journal that is issued at regularly recurring intervals
- 8. the generally agreed upon trustworthiness of a source
- 10. the size of a sample in statistics
- 13. evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field
- 14. a relationship between two things in which one is directly the result of the other
- 16. analyses, interpretations, or descriptions of events or topics taken from firsthand accounts, but they're not firsthand
- 18. sources that index, abstract, organize, compile, or digest other sources, such as dictionaries and encyclopedias
- 20. the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
- 22. the timeliness of the information or source in relation to the research question
- 25. a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole. e.g. The proportion of SPHS students eating Poptarts rose from 20% in 2005 to 40% in 2020.
- 26. an organized digital collection of information such as EBSCOhost, PubMed, or ProQuest
- 27. an examination into facts or principles through systematic questioning
- 28. a comprehensive investigation into the existing scholarship about a topic or question, usually in order to establish the starting point for new research
- 29. information that the average, educated reader would accept as reliable without having to look it up
- 30. describes the rate at which a figure expressed in percentages is changing over time. An increase from 5% to 10% in one year is a 100% increase. e.g. The percentage of SPHS students eating Poptarts grew 100% between 2005 and 2020, going from 20% to 40%.
- 31. the degree to which information from a source directly addresses the research question
Down
- 1. describes qualities or characteristics. It is collected using questionnaires, interviews, or observation, and frequently appears in narrative form
- 2. a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
- 4. immediate, first-hand accounts of a topic or event from people who had a direct connection with it
- 5. determination of the value, nature, character, or quality of a source
- 6. a quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work
- 9. a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published
- 11. describes the amount of change in a figure expressed in percentages over time. e.g. SPHS students eating Poptarts grew by 20 percentage points from 2005 to 2020, going from 20% to 40%.
- 12. a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation
- 15. a brief summary of a research article used to help readers quickly see the paper's purpose, usually placed at the beginning of the article
- 17. express the meaning of (the writer or speaker or something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity
- 19. can either be counted or compared on a numeric scale
- 21. a selection from another text or speech used as an example or as evidence
- 23. presenting work or ideas from another source as your own
- 24. a place, person, or text from which information can be obtained
- 30. the motivations that might influence the quality or character of information from a source