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Quiz: How to Synthesize Related Literature

· Due Jun 12 at 11:59pm

 

· Points 50

 

· Questions 10

 

· Time Limit 120 Minutes

Instructions

The quiz:

· Covers the  Learn material from  Module 5: Week 5.

· Contains  10 multiple-choice questions.

· Is  limited to  2 hours.

· Allows  1 attempt.

· Is  worth 50 points.

Synthesizing scholarly sources is an important skill to learn when composing a formal review of the scholarly literature. Chapter five of the Claxton & Dolan textbook provides details regarding these critical skills.

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 5: Week 5.

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Attempt 1

120 minutes

35 out of 50

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Score for this quiz:  35 out of 50

Submitted Jun 9 at 2:03am

This attempt took 120 minutes.

 

Question 1

5 / 5 pts

What are the two types of synthesis?

  

explanatory and evaluative

 

  

evaluative and summative

 

  

argumentative and explanatory

 

  

summative and argumentative

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 2

0 / 5 pts

Before you synthesize information, it is important to evaluate and summarize the sources.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

Question 3

5 / 5 pts

In ______________________ synthesis the author works to use multiple sources to explain a perspective or point and the reasons for that perspective.

  

argumentative

 

  

evaluative

 

  

summative

 

  

explanatory

 

 

Question 4

5 / 5 pts

In ______________________ synthesis the author works to use multiple sources to make an argument for or against a perspective.

  

argumentative

 

  

evaluative

 

  

explanatory

 

  

summative

 

 

Question 5

5 / 5 pts

_________________________ involves determining what (if any) relationship(s) exist among different sources and then drawing conclusions based on that information.

  

Paraphrasing

 

  

Plagiarizing

 

  

Summarizing

 

  

Synthesizing

 

 

Question 6

5 / 5 pts

After reviewing several articles, you find that most of the articles agree on one point, but the findings in one article contradicts the findings in the other articles, what should you do?

  

Ignore the article with different findings.

 

  

Note the contradiction in your literature review.

 

  

Focus only on the article with different findings.

 

  

Find a different source to cite.

 

 

Question 7

5 / 5 pts

A solid literature review will note specific details of scholarly journal articles, such as data collection procedures, sample size, data analysis procedures, the participants, the context in which the information was presented, and conclusions drawn.

  

True

 

  

False

 

 

Question 8

5 / 5 pts

Which of the following is not a way to structure a synthesis in a literature review?

  

Chronologically

 

  

Thematically

 

  

Theoretically

 

  

Alphabetically

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 9

0 / 5 pts

When synthesizing material for a literature review, you should _______________

  

discuss only one source per paragraph.

 

  

discuss more than one source per paragraph.

 

  

mention only the abstracts of articles.

 

  

use a lot of quotes from scholarly sources.

 

 

IncorrectQuestion 10

0 / 5 pts

When synthesizing material for your literature review, you still summarize and paraphrase.

  

True

 

  

False

 

Quiz Score:  35 out of 50

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