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[alexmegami]

The assignment says:

"Newspaper articles published in the New York Times and the Globe & Mail described research that calls into question the concept of bisexuality. You are to read the original pieces of research (and any other relevant studies) and assess whether or not the newspaper articles present an accurate or biased picture of the academic research around this issue for the general public."

Do you:

a) Read the articles and the research, assess what each are saying, and point out where simplifications or overstatements have occured in the newspaper articles?
b) Evaluate the research, and state that the research was not valid in the first place, thus negating the need for the articles outright?
c) Compare and contrast the newspaper articles, and then compare and contrast their persuasiveness with the persuasiveness of the research?

Comments

[musesshadow.livejournal.com]

I remember reading that article. The research was published by a guy who lost his license to do so due to poor research practices, and the premiss of the research was crap.

I think a combination of the above options would present the strongest case. Each sort of leads to the credibility and persuasiveness of the next...

[(Anonymous)]

Probably, but the assignment doesn't call for (c) (and in three pages, it would be difficult to effectively do all of them).

[alexmegami]

And that was me...