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Sourceless in Seattle
Submitted by Sheila
Dear Alysia, Its the day before my 10 page research paper is due for my History class. I only have one source
and I don't even know where to start searching for any others!! My topic is the Apollo Moon Landing and I came across a website
that seems okay. Because of this website I do, however, have a thesis: The Apollo Moon Landing was a hoax perpetrated by NASA
to gain prestige for the USA during the cold war and distract the American Public.
This is the site: http://primeline-america.com/moon-ldg/
Can
you point me in the right direction from here?
Thanks, Shelia
Alysia's Response:
Oh Shelia... First,
let me tell you that would be a BAD idea to go forward with that thesis. The Apollo Moon Landing Hoax is an old conspiracy
theory and proponents of this theory hold no evidence for their claim that there was no moon landing.
I
found a site of my own to counter the one that you sent: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1758/was-the-apollo-moon-landing-a-hoax
Please
revisit 'The Internet' page the site that you found breaks all five of the criteria for legitimacy, not the least of which
is the page that asks for a 'donation' to the author via payapal.
Even though you are only a day
away from the due date, visit your reference librarian. He or she will point you in the right direction if you get stuck.
Gook
Luck!
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Every Measurement Counts
Submitted by Jim
Dear Alysia, So I'm in my Bio lab, right, and the values
from the spectrophotometer are supposed to combine to show a bacterial growth curve with respect to time. But
my stupid bacteria won't follow the normal---
OD
Time
Lag Phase
Log Phase
Stationary Phase
Death Phase
---growth curve. I'm thinking about just throwing it all away and making some values up so that I don't fail.
-- Jim
Alysia's Response:
NO!! I know that you'd like to get a good grade Jim, who wouldn't? But reporting all
outcomes, even if they are statistically insignificant, or are outliers, is part of the scientific process. Although you learned
what the bacteria was supposed to do in class, you got a
different result. That's part of the process! Make sue that your methods were correct and you'll be fine! In the future, remember
that tailoring findings to confirm one's beliefs is a significant source of bias.
Report your findings
no matter what!
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