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It is a fictitious theory used in school to teach students about Referencing & Research. The following is taken from James Cook University workshop slide notes:
If someone were to tell you that sitting in a blue chair would help you achieve better grades, what would your response be? You would probably be a little sceptical. You might ask, 'How do you know this?'
What if you were then told that there was a survey done at the University of South Australia in 2004, of around 200 students, and it was found that students who sat in blue chairs in the exam scored 10 per cent higher grades than those students who sat in chairs of other colours? Would you believe the blue chair theory now? Maybe, you would respond: 'But that is just one survey, and a very small one at that. And what about other factors such as age, gender, personality, culture and socio-economic status?' While you still may not be convinced, you would probably be starting to ask some questions.
Now, what if you were provided with several studies, backed up with full references to check yourself? What do you think now? It would be quite difficult for you to suggest that the thesis statement ('Students who sit in blue chairs achieve higher grades') was not well supported by the research. However, you might still have some questions, such as 'Have any researchers investigating this issue had different findings?'
To develop a really convincing argument, an alternative viewpoint would need to be presented from a range of other researchers. It would then be reasonable to conclude, 'overwhelming evidence, over many decades, in a number of different countries and using a range of research methodologies, demonstrates that students who sit in blue chairs achieve higher grades than those students who sit in chairs of other colours'.
A convincing academic argument would have been built on a foundation of well-referenced research.
While the above scenario is completely fictitious, it demonstrates the point that referencing is absolutely vital for academic writing at an Australian or New Zealand university.How, then, is it done?
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