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Fact 1 Original Fact (copied from source) Original Source…
Fact 1
Original Fact (copied from source) Original Source Where You Found the Fact
“The average adult laughs 17 times a day” How Laughter Works | HowStuffWorks
The Wikipedia article I plan to add this fact to is: Laughter – Wikipedia
Going Upstream
I googled “the average adult laughs 17 times per day” and found a better version of this source: the fourth one in this screenshot is from the The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor:
When I looked into it, I saw they cited another source for this fact:
So I looked into that source in Google Scholar
And found the fact listed slightly differently, at 18 times per day. Since this is the study that came up with this fact, I know I am upstream at the original source of the information.
Reading Laterally
I Googled “impact factor of the Journal Humor”, and it wasn’t great. Just 0.857 when really, we’re hoping for the impact factor to be above 3.
So I looked more into the author RA Martin, and he seemed more legitimate. He’s been in the field of Psychology for a long time and he’s been cited frequently. He had over 1,700 citations by other scholars in 2021. His other articles are on the same subject, like “Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings” and “Sense of humor, emotional intelligence, and social competence.”
I also looked into how they found the “18 times per day” fact and saw it was an 80-person study in which the people had to report on how often they laughed:
Checking for Consensus
I did a quick Google search for how many times people laugh per day, and I got numbers ranging from 15 to 20
I also checked within the articles citing my original article on Google Scholar, and found that most of them confirmed the 17-18 times per day number, but one said 15 times per day
But when I looked into that source, was just a one page blurb written by a less reputable author, and it didn’t cite any source for the 15-times-per-day figure
Conclusion
I think my fact is legit. It was published in a scholarly journal by a well-regarded author in the field, and I couldn’t find anything reputable that said otherwise. I guess I still don’t know how confident I should be about just one study with 80 people, but I think that I can provide that context in what I write on Wikipedia.
Note: This model only demonstrates the process for one fact, while your assignment is to complete it for two different facts.
Like this upside modal article we have to create and make it and the topic is your choice or you can use related to sleeping like the average adult 7 hour sleep.
wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Main+Page
Do this first, and do it at home!
Create a Wikipedia account by clicking this link. (Please do this step at home so Wikipedia doesn’t think UMB is trying to spam it by having so many accounts created from the same IP address at the same time.) Check out these guidelines if you want, or just these two takeaways: 1. Your name can’t be anything offensive, and 2. You shouldn’t use your real name.
Your Wikipedia Username: Salagiya01
(Please save your password for this I can’t help you get it back!)
Once you’ve made your Wikipedia username at home, you can move on to the rest of the project, described below:
Purpose:
One purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate that you have thoroughly checked the facts you want to add to Wikipedia.
The other purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate your ability to make and your understanding of the three fact-checking moves we’ve learned about and practiced in class: Going Upstream, Reading Laterally, and Checking for Consensus.
Tasks:
Choose two (2) facts you’ve found from two different sources that you want to add to your Wikipedia article. These can be the same facts you’ve been practicing with in class, but they don’t have to be. You’re welcome to change if you’ve hit a dead end. (Remember, dead ends are part of the research process!)
Demonstrate your fact-checking skills using the three methods we’ve practiced in class: Going Upstream, Reading Laterally, & Checking for Consensus. You can use the work you’ve done in class and for HW to fill in this report, if it’s helpful, but you’re also welcome to change that if you’ve changed your facts or fact-checking process along the way.
Assessment
This assignment is worth 30 points in total. When I read these, I’ll be looking to confirm:
that you’ve thoroughly checked that your facts are accurate enough to post on Wikipedia and
that you’ve shown an understanding of how and why to use each fact-checking move
Check out this model fact-checking report for a sense of how yours should look.
Fact 1
Original Fact (copied from source) Original Source Where You Found the Fact
The Wikipedia article I plan to add this fact to is:
Going Upstream
(To earn full credit here, you need to include screenshots showing me each step you took from your original source to your most upstream source. In addition, you need to narrate why you took the steps you took, and explain why you believe the last source is, in fact, the most upstream. If you cannot use screen shots, include hyperlinks to each source, narrating between them.)
Reading Laterally
(To earn full credit here, you need to tell me which of the “reading laterally” tools you used, why you used those tools, and what the result of your investigation was. Please include screenshots (or, if that’s not possible, hyperlinks with narration) to show your reading laterally steps.
Checking for Consensus
(To earn full credit here, you need to share the search terms you used to allow possible disagreements to appear, as well as screenshots and explanations for the steps you took to investigate any disagreements and/or confirm consensus.)
Conclusion
(To earn full credit here, you have to explain, in about a paragraph, why and to what extent the fact that you’ve checked above is accurate. If, after checking, you feel the fact should be reworded, rephrased, or replaced, note that here as well.)
Fact 2
Original Fact (copied from source) Original Source Where You Found the Fact
The Wikipedia article I plan to add this fact to is:
Going Upstream
(To earn full credit here, you need to include screenshots showing me each step you took from your original source to your most upstream source. In addition, you need to narrate why you took the steps you took, and explain why you believe the last source is, in fact, the most upstream. If you cannot use screen shots, include hyperlinks to each source, narrating between them.)
Reading Laterally
(To earn full credit here, you need to tell me which of the “reading laterally” tools you used, why you used those tools, and what the result of your investigation was. Please include screenshots (or, if that’s not possible, hyperlinks with narration) to show your reading laterally steps.
Checking for Consensus
(To earn full credit here, you need to share the search terms you used to allow possible disagreements to appear, as well as screenshots and explanations for the steps you took to investigate any disagreements and/or confirm consensus.)
Conclusion
(To earn full credit here, you have to explain, in about a paragraph, why and to what extent the fact that you’ve checked above is accurate. If, after checking, you feel the fact should be reworded, rephrased, or replaced, note that here as well.)
