👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #06: Evaluating Evidence

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👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #06: Evaluating Evidence

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 questions

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
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Define correlation in your own own words.

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Define causation in your own own words.

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correlation __________ causation

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

There are three kinds of evidence. Which type does John Green say the internet is built on?

Bad evidence

"Fine, but that doesn't actually make your point" evidence

Good evidence

Which of the following are reasons not to believe the viral Facebook spider story? Select all that apply.

It didn't offer any sources or information that could be verified.

The sources offered were proven to be unrieliable.

It was debunked by Snopes.

If a source offers evidence, can we assume that the source is reliable?

Yes, they have evidence to back up their information.

No, the existence of evidence is not enough because the evidence may be untrue or irrelevent. 
"Not all evidence is crated equal."

Sometimes evidence is offered that is true, but it has nothing to do with the statements they're supposed to be backing up.

True

False

Define correlation in your own own words.

Define causation in your own own words.

correlation __________ causation

What is spurious correlation?

Spurious correlation shows that things that seem to have nothing to do with each other are actually closely related. For example, touching your face and getting sick may not seem related, but they are; the more you touch your face, the more likely you are to catch a communicable illness.

Spurious correlation suggests a link between two things that actually have nothing to do with each other. For example, if I have more squirrels in my yard this summer and the number of flu cases goes down this summer, a spurious correlation might be that squirrels cure the flu.

Why is reliable evidence important?

The quality of our evidence, like the quality of our information, leads to the quality of our decisions.

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." 

- Master Yoda

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

👎 Not done

👍 Prevented!

🔇 notification sounds.

📱 on-screen notifications.

👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.

📺 other devices, screens, or media.

There are three kinds of evidence. Which type does John Green say the internet is built on?

Bad evidence

"Fine, but that doesn't actually make your point" evidence

Good evidence

Which of the following are reasons not to believe the viral Facebook spider story? Select all that apply.

It didn't offer any sources or information that could be verified.

The sources offered were proven to be unrieliable.

It was debunked by Snopes.

If a source offers evidence, can we assume that the source is reliable?

Yes, they have evidence to back up their information.

No, the existence of evidence is not enough because the evidence may be untrue or irrelevent. 
"Not all evidence is crated equal."

Sometimes evidence is offered that is true, but it has nothing to do with the statements they're supposed to be backing up. 

True

False

What is spurious correlation?

Spurious correlation shows that things that seem to have nothing to do with each other are actually closely related. For example, touching your face and getting sick may not seem related, but they are; the more you touch your face, the more likely you are to catch a communicable illness.

Spurious correlation suggests a link between two things that actually have nothing to do with each other. For example, if I have more squirrels in my yard this summer and the number of flu cases goes down this summer, a spurious correlation might be that squirrels cure the flu.

Why is reliable evidence important?

The quality of our evidence, like the quality of our information, leads to the quality of our decisions.

"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." 

- Master Yoda

	👎 Not done	👍 Prevented!
🔇 notification sounds.
📱 on-screen notifications.
👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.
📺 other devices, screens, or media.

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #06: Evaluating Evidence

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #06: Evaluating Evidence

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

Define correlation in your own own words.

Define causation in your own own words.

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

There are three kinds of evidence. Which type does John Green say the internet is built on?

Which of the following are reasons not to believe the viral Facebook spider story? Select all that apply.

If a source offers evidence, can we assume that the source is reliable?

Sometimes evidence is offered that is true, but it has nothing to do with the statements they're supposed to be backing up.

Define correlation in your own own words.

Define causation in your own own words.

What is spurious correlation?

Why is reliable evidence important?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?

🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?