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From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.
 
From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.
  
To enter your quality ratings
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'''To enter your quality ratings'''
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After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.
 
After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.
  
You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form.
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You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form.  Just click each item and select the appropriate value from the drop list that appears.
  
[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1.jpg|Citation 1]]
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[[File:RM8_EditPerson-Citation-1a.jpg|Citation 1]]
  
Source
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===Source===
*'''Original'''
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*'''Original''' - This source is in its first recorded form
*'''Derivative'''
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*'''Derivative''' - This source is extracted, transcribed or otherwise derived from the original
 
*'''Don't know'''
 
*'''Don't know'''
  
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===Information===
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*'''Primary''' - This information was provided by someone with firsthand knowledge of the person or fact
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*'''Secondary''' - This information was provided by someone with secondhand knowledge of the person or fact
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*'''Don't know'''
  
Information
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===Evidence===
*'''Primary'''
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*'''Direct''' - This source answers the research question by itself
*'''Secondary'''
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*'''Indirect''' - This source is relevant, but needs additional information
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*'''Negative''' - This source is missing information that it should contain
 
*'''Don't know'''
 
*'''Don't know'''
  
Evidence
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The quality is at the citation use level, since the same source (or even the same citation) can have a different quality depending on what it is used for.  For example, a birth certificate could have a different quality depending on whether it was used for the person's birth, or used for the father's place of birth.
*'''Direct'''
 
*'''Indirect'''
 
*'''Negative'''
 
*'''Don't know'''
 

Latest revision as of 22:40, 18 November 2021

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RootsMagic lets you apply a quality rating to each use of your citations based on the industry-standard Elizabeth Shown Mills, "Process Map for Evidence Analysis", Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing, 2007).

From her discussion, Sources give us information from which we select evidence for analysis. A sound conclusion may be considered Proof.

To enter your quality ratings

After careful analysis and evaluation of the associated source, you can enter a quality rating in each of three factors that best describes the results of your analysis.

You will see the 3 Quality options when you are editing a citation on the edit person form. Just click each item and select the appropriate value from the drop list that appears.

Citation 1

Source

  • Original - This source is in its first recorded form
  • Derivative - This source is extracted, transcribed or otherwise derived from the original
  • Don't know

Information

  • Primary - This information was provided by someone with firsthand knowledge of the person or fact
  • Secondary - This information was provided by someone with secondhand knowledge of the person or fact
  • Don't know

Evidence

  • Direct - This source answers the research question by itself
  • Indirect - This source is relevant, but needs additional information
  • Negative - This source is missing information that it should contain
  • Don't know

The quality is at the citation use level, since the same source (or even the same citation) can have a different quality depending on what it is used for. For example, a birth certificate could have a different quality depending on whether it was used for the person's birth, or used for the father's place of birth.