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Kinesiology Research Guide

Sources Types Activity (407)

Review the 4 sources below in pairs or groups of 3. Answer the following questions for each.

1) Who wrote it?

2) Where is it published? (for-profit website, government website, organizational website, journal, other)

3) Use a web search or wikipedia to learn more about the publisher (or website/organization). What did you learn?

Source One

Source Two

Source Three

Source Four

Empirical Articles

In pairs, review the abstracts of the following articles and the methods of the full articles. Which are empirical research articles? Why or why not? Be ready to report out!

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 4

Scholarly Articles

In pairs or small groups,

Briefly review the following articles:

 

  1. E-cigarettes: A viable option for smoking cessation?
  2. E-cigarette use among youth and young adults
  3. Electronic cigarette use in US adults at risk for or with COPD

 

Which do you think are scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles? How do you know?

Write down your reasoning for each article to share with the class.

Evaluating Websites

Use the criteria we developed in class to evaluate the following sources. Take notes for each criteria as you read through the sources.

  1. SOURCE ONE
  2. SOURCE TWO
  3. SOURCE THREE
Subjects: Kinesiology