IPHY 1950 Class Activity: Using Sources Accurately

IPHY 1950 Class activity: Using sources accurately

Learning goals: Read scientific research articles. Use content from published sources in your own writing and credit the sources properly.

Each of the sentences below could be in a student paper, and each has some problem with use of the cited material (but not with the format of the citation). Using your copy of the article by Duncan et al., figure out the problem, and derive a take-home lesson for using sources. Page numbers are given to make it easier to find the relevant passages.

1) Epidemiological studies of the past few years have collected data indicating that exercise does not have to be intense to result in improvements to cardiovascular health (Duncan et al., 1991, p. 3295).

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2) There is more data about the benefits of lesser amounts of activity for men than for women (Duncan et al., 1991, p. 3295).

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3) We do not know whether a different population—for example, people already diagnosed with cardiovascular disease—would experience the same benefits as healthy subjects (Duncan et al., 1991, p. 3299).

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4) As intensity of exercise increases, improvement in VO2max also increases (Pate, 1995, p. 313).

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5) Pate (1995) found that the best exercise for lowering resting blood pressure is exercise of moderate intensity (p. 314).

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