Academic Honesty

Reflection - A lot of times when I have to cite my work, I do not cite it correctly and usually put incorrect citations in order to do my work quickly. However, when I have to redo my assignments I realize that I should have properly cited my work before instead of doing it in my own way. 

Golden Standard Q2!

Should certain kinds of ads be banned in the interest of health/morality/annoyance – alcohol, cigarettes, prescription meds, etc…?

Lines of enquiry :

1. Why advertisement is necessary ?

2. For whom the advertisement should be meant ?

3. Do we need to regulate ads in the interest of the society ?

4.What is the popular opinion world over on advertisement of products, especially those products which have health,morality, and annoyance issues ?

WHO- The author should preferably  be a social scientist and someone who studies behavioural issues of impact of advertisement of products on society.

Why- The author should write with a view to present a balanced view of the effects of advertisement, especially on issues relating to health, morality etc.

Where- The article/debate should be on a site which  is known to serve the cause of public such as any .org or .edu site

When - The site where such material is published should be an updated one, is watched frequently by masses and is open for comments by the interested persons.

What- The site should have citation, should provide evidence in favour of or against the views published, should not have grammatical errors, should be well written.

Golden Standard Question - 1

There’s a minimum wage, but should there also be a maximum wage/salary a person can earn? Lines of Inquiry -  People can get more amount of salary. They should not suffer if are ready to work hard. Who - A person should be a worker so that he can tell his opinions about getting a maximum salary.  What - The website should be supported by evidence and should be errors free. It should be well written and should not contain any logical fallacies.  Why - The website should be written to inform the public about getting a maximum wage/salary. Where - The site should be an org.. or gov… When - The website can be frequently updated. On the other hand if the website is updated 5-6 hers ago then also we can trust because here it’s people’s different opinions not a science based research.

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Golden Standard Criteria

Who - 3 years of experience with cancer research

• Who? The author of the website must be an Oncologist, or someone who has done research on the subject of cancer. You can also have a PHD, in something related to cancer.

Why

• Why? The author's purpose should be only to tell people about cancer, i.e. what is cancer, how can one get cancer, how to prevent yourself from getting cancer etc. The author should not talk about anything other than cancer,  and also he/she should not advertise/promote their clinics or hospitals, because the topic is solemnly based on cancer.
• The URL should have .org or .com at the end; .gov, .mil. .edu are education,government, military etc. We don't want something that government, education, and military related.

When -

• The website should be recently updated because the information about science usually change day by day. If it's pretty old then the person might get wrong information.
• So the website should be regularly updated.

What - The quality of writing should be good enough

No grammatical errors.

Cited proprly

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Golden Standard

Who- who is the author of the website? Is the site reliable? Is there any information about the author?
What - Is it supported by evidence? Are there any grammatical errors? How well the website is written? Does it have any logical fallacies?
Why - Why is it written? What's the purpose? Is it biased?
Where- Where has the data come from? What kind of site is it? Is it org, com, edu? Is the website connected to any links? Are the linked websites well written? When was it last updated? If it's updated recently and the website is well written then it's a reliable source.
When- When was the website published? When was it updated? If the website is pretty old, then it's not a reliable source.