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Quiz: How to Synthesize Related Literature

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Due

 

Jun 12 at 11:59pm

 

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Points 50

 

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Questions 10

 

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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

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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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