Best Practices for Internet Research

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March 30, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Best practices for internet research

174: Best practices for Internet Research

Veldorah Rice from Write From the Heart is our guest in this episode and she shares some best practices for internet research.

This is the outline of the episode – be sure to listen to hear these points explained.

1. Benefits of Internet Research
a. Convenience
b. Amount of information
c. Easy to insert in writing

2. Problems with Internet Research
a. Accuracy/Bias – be sure to listen to our episode on Media Bias if you haven’t already.
b. Scholarship
c. Sifting through volume

3. Checking Internet Sites
a. URL ending
b. “About us” page
c. Special caution for Wikipedia

4. Other Online Sources
a. Library Subscription Services

Tie in:

Be sure to take a look at the English classes (including AP classes) Veldorah offers for middle and high schoolers. You can also find Veldorah on Facebook and Instagram.

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Understanding Surveys and Stats with NHERI’s Dr Brian Ray – MBFLP 145

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October 4, 2016 by 1 Comment
dr-brian-ray-nheri This is a data-driven society, or at least, it claims to be. “The surveys said” or “Research indicates,” or “Studies show” are assumed to be _proof_, but a famous politician observed that “There are lies, and there are damn lies, and there are statistics.”

How can we look at news of the latest polling or study and begin to discern what may be valid, and what may be false, in the daily flood of data? How can we sort out science from propaganda? How can we avoid being deceived or just misled by bad methods or bad intent?

Dr. Brian Ray, the founder and head researcher for the National Home Education Research Institute, talked with Hal at the HSLDA National Home School Leadership Conference, about things we should understand when confronted with “research.”

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MBFLP 98 – The Most Surprising Homeschool Research

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September 28, 2015 by 2 Comments

MBFLP - Homeschool Research 2015

This episode Hal talks with Dr. Brian Ray, founder and lead researcher for the National Home Education Research Institute. This year’s release of the landmark Gen2 Survey uncovered a number of unexpected facts about Millennials who were raised “in church” and are now adults. Hal and Dr. Ray start with the most significant, surprising finding of this research, and talk about the implications for our family life decisions. Recorded live at the HSLDA National Leadership Conference in Dallas.

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MBFLP – In God We Trust; All Others Bring Data

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October 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment

MBFLP - Homeschool Research

Often we think we know, but can’t prove it to a skeptic. Homeschooling is one example; we like what we see in our family, but admit that maybe our experience isn’t the norm. Lawmakers, public school officials, and the media want something more concrete than our personal story; that’s where it’s important to have serious, scientific research to back up our experience. This episode, we interview Dr. Brian Ray, founder and director of the National Home Education Research Institute — for decades, the “go-to” man for data on who homeschoolers are, why they do what they do, and what the results look like!

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