Help:Open assessment method

Open assessment method

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Variable

Variable is a basic building block of assessment.

Assessment

Assessment is a process for describing a particular piece of reality in aim to fulfill a certain information need in a decision-making situation.

Method

Methods are "how-to-do" descriptions about how information should be produced, collected, analysed, or synthesised in an assessment.

Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia articles are pages that are not formal assessment objects and not nuggets either. Unlike formal objects, they can have a flexible structure and they are not directly used in assessments as objects.

Study

Study is an information object that describes a research study and its results, i.e. observational or other data obtained.

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Composing good research questions

A good question causes conversation which is the idea of Opasnet. The question must be formed in a way that makes it possible for everyone to understand the point of the question.

I.e. "Mitä Suomen hallitusohjelmaan pitäisi kirjata huhtikuun 2011 eduskuntavaalien jälkeen?" is a question that raises more questions and opinions in everyone.

Organized argumentation: discussion, attack, defence, comment, invalidation, hierarchy

Organized argumentation is a vital part of scientific conversation.

Disussion

Discussion is an important part of argumentation. It's easy to bring out your arguments during the initial discussion.You can add a discussion to Opasnet by pressing Discussion ('D) on the editing screen.

{{discussion
|Statements= Add topic of discussion
|Resolution= Under discussion (to be changed when a conclusion is found)
|Argumentation =Add argumentation using attack-, defend- and comment buttons
}}

Attack

After arguments are clear you can attact the arguments of the opposing side by using evidence and systematic argumentation. Evidencse must come from reliable sources and their meanin is to counter the opposing arguments. You can add an attacking argument to a conversation by pressing attack on the editing screen.

{{attack|# |Enter your attacking argumentation between these two bars|--~~~~}}

Defence

You can use reliable sources and other well justifiable arguments when defending your own arguments. You can also try counter attack and state attacking arguments when you're first done successful defend argument. Add the defending argument to conversation using edit screen's defend argument-button.

{{defend|#: |Write your defending argument here|--~~~~}}

Comment

Comment isn't for itself an argument, but it comments and exist argument. You can add comment using edit screen's add comment-button.

{{Comment|#:|Write your comment here|--~~~~}}

Uploading data into Opasnet base: t2b, t2b-csv

New data is applied to Opasnet all the time. Everyone can download data to Opasnet, using simple Wiki-editing intructions : Help:Wiki Editing

t2b, t2b-csv