DeVry University Benefits of Artificial Intelligence and The Drawbacks to Accounting Paper Source Citation, Information, and Analysis
Submit a detailed analysis of three of your sources (at least one must be academic). Explain the following in the same order presented below. Provide a response for each prompt (in paragraph format)
Why did you pick this source?
Is the source an academic or a popular text? How do you know?
How credible/valid is the information? How do you know (author’s or organization’s background)
What ambiguity did you notice? How did it interfere with the reasons and/or conclusion? If ambiguous language does not exist, explain why and include quotations from the text to illustrate the strength of the language.
Were there any fallacies in the information presented? Cite the fallacy and explain.
How good is the evidence? Provide a detailed analysis using the strategies from Chapters 7 and 8 of Asking the Right Questions.
Could there have been rival causes? Cite the examples and explain them thoroughly.
Below is an example of a student source analysis Source: The Problem with U.S. Wildlife Protection Efforts, Time Magazine
1) I picked this article because it illustrates my issue of where to focus conservation efforts
and the reasoning behind it. Additionally, this article described where we went wrong
with our conservation efforts in America over the years.
2) The source is a popular text, and I know this because TIME is a magazine as well as a
website, and their website uses a .com URL. This article came up using Google’s web
browser.
3) This information is fairly credible because although the author has no credentials on the
subject matter, the article is written in response to the journal Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences. The lead study author, Clinton Jenkins, is a visiting professor at
the Institute for Ecological Research in Brazil. The only aspect of the article that may
reduce credibility is that the author may have misinterpreted the research journal,
however given TIME is a large corporation I am sure editors went over the article many
times before it was published to ensure false information was not spread.
4) I did not find any ambiguous language in this article because it was describing a scientific
research study and clarity of language is important for this topic. As an example of the
strength of the language: “Jenkins and his team analyzed thousands of species of animals
and trees to identify areas with the richest endemic biological diversity. Some of these
regions, like the Everglades, are already protected, but many others are not. The areas
most in need of protection are the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, the Sierra
Nevada mountains and mountains on the California coast, the study concluded.”. As
soon as we as the reader are left wondering what areas are in need of protection, the
author immediately provides that information leaving no questions unanswered.
5) There was almost a fallacy in this article, but Jenkins used specific language to prevent
fallacious information. Jenkins says, “If the U.S. doesn’t do something, they’re at risk of
disappearing (endemic species). It’s not going to happen overnight, but it’s up to us to
make sure these species have a place to live.”. If Jenkins did not include that last
sentence, I would have considered this a slippery slope fallacy.
6) The evidence in this article is good and logical. Every statement is backed up by fact and
conclusions drawn from research. For example, “Jenkins and his team analyzed
thousands of species of animals and trees to identify areas with the richest endemic
biological diversity. Some of these regions, like the Everglades, are already protected,
but many others are not. The areas most in need of protection are the Blue Ridge
Mountains in North Carolina, the Sierra Nevada mountains and mountains on the
California coast, the study concluded.”, demonstrates a conclusion drawn from a research
study completed by Ecology Research experts with college degrees. Historical
conservation policy is also used as a defense for the argument in this article.
7) There could have been more specific rival causes, however when discussing why some
areas are overlooked regarding conservation Jenkins sums up the rival causes when he
says, “Some of these regions might have been overlooked because of conservation policy
that stretches back decades… Conservationists also found it difficult to enact protection
on lands that could easily be used for other purposes like development or agriculture,
even if they were rich in biodiversity.”. There may be more specific reasons for use of
the land being a reason against development protection, however these two broad reasons
encompass the rival causes.
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