Taking Care as You Learn
with Triangulation.
© P
ho
to, C
op
yrig
ht
2012, E
rik J
oh
anss
on
. All r
igh
ts r
eser
ved.
INFORMATION
SOURCE
Know who your information
is coming from.(All sources are NOT created equal.)
Seek to understand any subjective
bent that might exist.
(Neither good nor bad in itself…only
if YOU are not aware.)
SOURCES CITED
Are the sources of critical facts provided and conclusions supported?
(Through either attribution, or use of footnotes, or endnotes.)
Citations have
been provided and
include several
media and NGOs.
SUPPORTING
SOURCES
Are the same facts supported
in others’ work and within
similar contexts?
Seek out subject
matter experts
(SMEs).
Wikipedia can serve as your ‘Cliff
Notes’ version of details; content
is supported with citations.
Direct access to data from governmental agencies
and/or non-governmental organizations (NGOs), such
as The World Bank, World Economic Forum (WEF), others
Foreign press reports• The Guardian, The Economist, The Financial Times, others
Thought leaders • http://www.thinkers50.com/
Writings of Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize winners
Works suggested by your local public library
TO TRIANGULATE FURTHER, SEEK OUT:
Colleen N. Hickman, senior researcher
Slide 1 photo: © Copyright 2012, Erik Johansson. All rights reserved.