Library Guides: Information Literacy Resources: Gathering Evidence

Learning Objectives:

Researchers will recognize the difference between evidence that is merely consistent with a claim and evidence that actively supports it
Researchers will learn to avoid confusing evidence with feelings of certainty or anecdotes
Researchers will learn what type of evidence experts, statistics, and scientific studies can provide

Video Playlist Includes:

What information will prove your claim? (1:09)
Confusing "evidence of" with "consistent with" (1:49)
Confusing feelings of certainty with evidence (2:35)
TELL ME MORE: Confusing feelings of certainty with evidence (2:26)
Confusing anecdotes with evidence (2:07)
Finding evidence (0:37)
Expert testimony as evidence (1:57)
TELL ME MORE: Expert testimony as evidence (2:04)
Statistics as evidence (2:26)
TELL ME MORE: Statistics as evidence (2:39)
Scientific studies as evidence (2:43)
TELL ME MORE: Scientific studies as evidence (1:05)
Matching data to claims (0:47)