Informationreliability,validityandbiasUnit.docVIP

 PAGE 4 Information: reliability, validity and bias Unit 8.3 Unit Objectives By the end of the unit you will: Be aware that the content and style of a piece of information will affect its fitness for a particular purpose by considering: - mix of fact or opinion - purpose (to publicise advertise or entertain) - viewpoint being offered - clarity - user friendliness - how believable it is be able to weigh up critically how well a piece of information will help with a task by considering purpose and audience be able to give a reason for using a particular information source to help an investigation or presentation considering its accuracy, validity and reliability extend and refine search methods to be more efficient by using AND, OR, NOT and synonyms be able to explain the advantages of the methods used by different search engines and programs to look for data in different formats Lesson 1 Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson I will: be able to describe the difference between and give an example of fact and opinion be able to describe the importance of evaluating information and show various strategies to do this by looking at the URL of a website, the links to it and the number of adverts it supports, begin to identify it’s reliability In order to move on in the next lesson I need to: Lesson 2 Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson I will: have used a used a range of search methods to find information on CD-ROMs and the internet be able to explain how most search facilities use key words be able to explain how to make a full text search In order to move on in the next lesson I need to: Lesson 3 Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson I will: have extended a search using AND, OR, NOT used precise strings and synonyms to refine a search In order to move on in the next lesson I need to: Lesson 4 Lesson Objectives By the end of the lesson I will: be able to explain the importance of keeping the audience and purpose in