How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources uses in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
How is reliability defined and measured for online and traditional research sources?
What are the characteristics of an acceptable scholastic research source?
Since “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?
The following are the questions that I am suggesting we use as our final research questions. Please review and provide your approval or feedback:
Main Research Question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources uses in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
How is reliability defined and measured?
What is considered an acceptable scholastic research source? Or, what is the definition of a scholastic research source?
If “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?
Frank's Research Question Suggestion:
- Is Wikipedia a reliable resource for students pursuing a higher education?
Other Questions to Support Research:
- Who is allowed to edit and review the content within the website?
- What type of content is located on Wikipedia?
- When is content considered outdated?
- Where can a student verify the content’s validity?
- Why does Wikipedia allow “anyone” to edit the website?
- How does Wikipedia monitor new postings and verifying citations?
Frank's Suggestion for Group's Final Main Research Question: I think we've all created similar research questions.
I suggestion the following research question for our group:
- Is Wikipedia a reliable scholastic source for use in education?
I suggest the following for guiding research questions:
- What type of content is considered reliable?
- How reliable is the content of Wikipedia if anyone is allowed to edit it?
- How does Wikipedia define accuracy? Annette's Research Question Suggestions:
“Why is Wikipedia, an online collaborative encyclopedia, considered an unreliable source of information for use in education?”
Focused research questions would be addressed:
1. What defines an encyclopedia? How does an online encyclopedia differ?
2. Who selects the “experts” or who are the notable experts that write traditional encyclopedias? Why aren’t they writing collaboratively online?
3. How can the “anyone can edit” policy be advantageous to reliability?
4. What are the statistics regarding reliability of Wikipedia versus traditional encyclopedias?
5. How is reliability measured?
6. When can you trust Wikipedia’s reliability?
Annette's Suggestion for Group's Final Main Research Question: I agree with Frank, that we have all asked similar questions. Because of this, I hope that it will be easy to determine the final questions to have them approved tomorrow.
I suggest the following research question for our group: I like the inclusion of the "scholastic source" in the main question and setting the target audience as those using it for educational purposes.
- Is Wikipedia a reliable scholastic source for use in education?
I suggest the following for guiding research questions:
- How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to the reliability of "acceptable" scholastic sources?
- How is (should) reliability be measured?
- Who is allowed to edit and review the content within the website?
Barb's research and focus questions:
How reliable is Wikipedia as an online encyclopedia?
Focus questions
What are the differences of collaborative online encyclopedias?
What is the definition of a reliable online encyclopedia?
How acceptable is Wikipedia as a reliable source by academia and businesses?
How is accuracy monitored and managed on Wikipedia?
Barb's suggestion for final main research question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic sources of information for use in education?
Focus question suggestions:
How is reliable content defined for a collaborative online encyclopedia's and for traditional scholastic sources?
What defines an expert that contributes to Wikipedia and traditional scholastic sources?
How is reliability measured for Wikipedia and traditional sources?
How does the reliability data compare for both types of sources?
Theresa's Research and focus questions:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare with the reliability of traditionally accepted scholastic research sources?
Focus questions;
1. How reliable is Wikipedia as a source - are there any statistical studies to substantiate this?
2. What are some other acceptable scholastic research sources, and what are their reliability statistics like?
3. How do the two sets of reliability data stack up against each other?
and maybe a bigger question to be answered (not sure about this one yet...)
4. What is an acceptable reliability percentage? (This is a really loaded question depending on the topic and risk-related nature of the research. Researching how to make play-doh and how to do heart surgery would have different risk factors were the research results applied.)
Theresa's Final Suggestions:
(just a slight rewording of some of the questions....)
Main Research Question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources used in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
1. How is reliability defined and measured?
2. What are the characteristics of an acceptable scholastic research source?
3. Since “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?
FINAL GROUP APPROVED RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
Main Research Question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources uses in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
How is reliability defined and measured for online and traditional research sources?
What are the characteristics of an acceptable scholastic research source?
Since “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?
The following are the questions that I am suggesting we use as our final research questions. Please review and provide your approval or feedback:
Main Research Question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources uses in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
How is reliability defined and measured?
What is considered an acceptable scholastic research source? Or, what is the definition of a scholastic research source?
If “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?
Frank's Research Question Suggestion:
- Is Wikipedia a reliable resource for students pursuing a higher education?
Other Questions to Support Research:
- Who is allowed to edit and review the content within the website?
- What type of content is located on Wikipedia?
- When is content considered outdated?
- Where can a student verify the content’s validity?
- Why does Wikipedia allow “anyone” to edit the website?
- How does Wikipedia monitor new postings and verifying citations?
Frank's Suggestion for Group's Final Main Research Question: I think we've all created similar research questions.
I suggestion the following research question for our group:
- Is Wikipedia a reliable scholastic source for use in education?
I suggest the following for guiding research questions:
- What type of content is considered reliable?
- How reliable is the content of Wikipedia if anyone is allowed to edit it?
- How does Wikipedia define accuracy?
Annette's Research Question Suggestions:
“Why is Wikipedia, an online collaborative encyclopedia, considered an unreliable source of information for use in education?”
Focused research questions would be addressed:
1. What defines an encyclopedia? How does an online encyclopedia differ?
2. Who selects the “experts” or who are the notable experts that write traditional encyclopedias? Why aren’t they writing collaboratively online?
3. How can the “anyone can edit” policy be advantageous to reliability?
4. What are the statistics regarding reliability of Wikipedia versus traditional encyclopedias?
5. How is reliability measured?
6. When can you trust Wikipedia’s reliability?
Annette's Suggestion for Group's Final Main Research Question: I agree with Frank, that we have all asked similar questions. Because of this, I hope that it will be easy to determine the final questions to have them approved tomorrow.
I suggest the following research question for our group: I like the inclusion of the "scholastic source" in the main question and setting the target audience as those using it for educational purposes.
- Is Wikipedia a reliable scholastic source for use in education?
I suggest the following for guiding research questions:
- How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to the reliability of "acceptable" scholastic sources?
- How is (should) reliability be measured?
- Who is allowed to edit and review the content within the website?
Barb's research and focus questions:
How reliable is Wikipedia as an online encyclopedia?
Focus questions
What are the differences of collaborative online encyclopedias?
What is the definition of a reliable online encyclopedia?
How acceptable is Wikipedia as a reliable source by academia and businesses?
How is accuracy monitored and managed on Wikipedia?
Barb's suggestion for final main research question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic sources of information for use in education?
Focus question suggestions:
How is reliable content defined for a collaborative online encyclopedia's and for traditional scholastic sources?
What defines an expert that contributes to Wikipedia and traditional scholastic sources?
How is reliability measured for Wikipedia and traditional sources?
How does the reliability data compare for both types of sources?
Theresa's Research and focus questions:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare with the reliability of traditionally accepted scholastic research sources?
Focus questions;
1. How reliable is Wikipedia as a source - are there any statistical studies to substantiate this?
2. What are some other acceptable scholastic research sources, and what are their reliability statistics like?
3. How do the two sets of reliability data stack up against each other?
and maybe a bigger question to be answered (not sure about this one yet...)
4. What is an acceptable reliability percentage? (This is a really loaded question depending on the topic and risk-related nature of the research. Researching how to make play-doh and how to do heart surgery would have different risk factors were the research results applied.)
Theresa's Final Suggestions:
(just a slight rewording of some of the questions....)
Main Research Question:
How does the reliability of Wikipedia compare to traditional scholastic research sources used in educational settings?
Focused/Guiding Questions:
1. How is reliability defined and measured?
2. What are the characteristics of an acceptable scholastic research source?
3. Since “anyone” is allowed to edit content within the site, how does Wikipedia control, review, and verify articles and citations?