Wikipedia:Ambassadors/Research/Spring 2012 source analysis

This is an analysis of a sample of articles created or edited by students in the spring 2012 semester, to determine if sources were used correctly in those articles. Source problems may include direct copying, close paraphrasing, or inaccurate use of the source material.

The articles selected are drawn from the burden analysis done for the spring 2012 semester. For each course, the alphabetically first student from the burden analysis is selected, and for that student, the article they contributed the most to is chosen. That article is then analyzed to determine if the sources were used correctly.

All sources in the article should be analyzed, not just those created by students, since the goal is to determine if students are introducing problems at a different rate to the rest of the editing community.

How to complete this assessment

 * 1) Create a section for each course.  Courses should be the same ones listed in Ambassadors/Research/Spring 2012 burden analysis.
 * 2) The section should contain three heading items and a table.  The headings are the coursetool link, which can be found in the burden analysis linked above; and an article and version link.  The article should be the one primarily edited by the alphabetically first student listed for that class on the burden analysis page.  The version should be the version with the last edit by that student.  The table should be copied from one of the existing sections.
 * 3) The table is filled out as follows.
 * 4) * The reference column should contain the citation information of a reference from the article.
 * 5) * The "Text using this reference" column should contain text in the article apparently supported by that reference. If there are multiple uses of the reference, create separate rows.
 * 6) * The "Relevant text in source" column should contain a copy of the text in the source that appears to have been used to support the text in the article. If this can't be determined, or the source is unavailable, say so.
 * 7) * Put "OK" if the use of the reference to support the given text is acceptable; if not, note what problems were found -- e.g. "close paraphrasing", "direct copy of source", or "source does not support text". In either case, include a diff of the edit introducing the text, and indicate who the editor was who made the edit.  In some cases several diffs may be necessary to support the explanation.

Rice University: Poverty, Gender, and Development
Course: Rice University: Poverty, Gender, and Development Student: Article: Women in Chile Latest version edited by student:

Michigan State, Telecommunication Policy Analysis
Course: Michigan State, Telecommunication Policy Analysis Student: Article: Internet bottleneck Latest version edited by student:

Louisiana State University: Intro to Dramatic Lit
Course: Louisiana State University: Intro to Dramatic Lit Student: Article: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window Latest version edited by student:

Northwestern University: Criminal Process
Course: Northwestern University: Criminal Process Student: Article: United States v. Brechner Latest version edited by student:

University of Western Ontario: Genetics of Everyday Life
Course: University of Western Ontario: Genetics of Everyday Life Student: Article: Monoamine oxidase A Latest version edited by student:

University of Kentucky: Research in Personality
Course: University of Kentucky: Research in Personality Student: Article: Bipolar disorder not otherwise specified‎ Latest version edited by student: