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“Baby steps” is a system of self evaluation and self improvement. It focuses on five aspects of the evidence analysis process: sources, information, evidence, conclusions, and citations. | “Baby steps” is a system of self evaluation and self improvement. It focuses on five aspects of the evidence analysis process: sources, information, evidence, conclusions, and citations. | ||
This class is about evidence. | [[Image:The Research Process.png|right|300px|The Research Process]]This class is about evidence. | ||
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Where does evidence fall in the evidence analysis process?<ref>Elizabeth Shown Mills, ''Evidence Analysis: A Research Process Map'', laminated study guide (Washington, D.C.: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2006).</ref> From ''sources'' we find ''information''. From ''information ''we select ''evidence''. From ''evidence ''we make ''conclusions''. Our ''conclusions'' contain ''citations''. And ''citations ''point back to our ''sources''. | |||
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Read through the following table to see how a person might typically improve over time in their use of evidence. Think about which level best describes you. At the conclusion of the class, set a goal to improve as explained in “[[Genealogical Maturity]].” | Read through the following table to see how a person might typically improve over time in their use of evidence. Think about which level best describes you. At the conclusion of the class, set a goal to improve as explained in “[[Genealogical Maturity]].” | ||