Sunday, October 6, 2013

Ms. Thayer's Classes-IB Psychology Internal Assessment

How can you tell if a website has trustworthy and reliable information?

Use the C.R.A.P test
Currency- How current is the information?
Reliability and Relevance- Can you trust the source? Is it appropriate for your topic?
Authority- Who wrote the information? Is the person or organization an expert on the topic?
Purpose and Point of View- Why was the article written? Is it biased?

Scholarly Databases/Search Engines
Questia
(see Ms. Regan for a username/password)

INFOMINE
Virtual library of websites, databases, electronic journals and more

Google Scholar


APA Style
Son of a Citation Machine

Purdue Online Writing Lab

APA on Facebook


Important Websites
Cognition Laboratory Experiments

IB Psychology Blog 

Microsoft Excel Online
Choose your version (2003, 2007, 2010) and search for information regarding functions, graphs etc.

Statistical Functions in Excel 2007

YouTube also has instructional videos you can watch to learn how to use the formulas within Excel

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