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What is the difference between a claim and an argument?: A claim is one statement. An argument gives reasons and evidence for a claim.
Can a reliable source be of little use to your research?: Yes. A reliable source can still be irrelevant to your question. Reliability and relevance are separate tests.
In the Team Project, what is the difference between activity and impact?: "We handed out 100 leaflets" describes what you did; a before-and-after survey shows whether anything changed.
How do you tell a fact from an opinion?: A fact can be checked: "The library has 12 computers". An opinion cannot: "Video calls are less friendly".
What six criteria can you use to evaluate a source?: Credibility (who wrote it, what expertise?), bias (do they gain; loaded language?), currency (recent enough?), relevance (does it address the question?), corroboration (do independent sources agree?) and method (sample size, how data was gathered).
What kind of issue does each coursework component need?: The Individual Report needs a global issue with local and/or national and global perspectives; the Team Project needs a local issue.