Help with 06 HSC question (1 Viewer)

[the librarian]

From the 06 exam:

"During your study of Medical Physics you identified data sources, and gathered, processed and presented information to explain why MRI scans can be used to detect abnormalities in the body.

(i) Describe the criteria you would use to determine the reliability of a data source for this purpose. "

wth? describe the criterea? this has absolutely nothing to do with physics. how would you answer this?

 

[SkimDawg]

This is a very gay question indeed, there isn't even marking notes on it. The Reliablility part may be addressed by the mention of hydrogen atoms in each human body, ect. But yeah, I wouldn't bother with this haha.

 

[dolbinau]

Reliability from second hand sources is not necessarily the actual first hand investigation reliability - this comes up in Bio every now and then (In fact we were indirectly asked this in the communication option this year)

You would just talk about the year of the information, the author - verify it against other sources etc..

 

[helper]

They are asking you to:

1. Check the reliability of the author: Are they an expert in the field
2. Check the reliability of the publication? Is it nbiased, authoritive, peer reviewed etc
3. Date of publication: Is the data still relevent or have new theories and models been produced etc.