Extra Credit Assignment Zakta

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RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

Housing Boom and Bust-Book Source
Author: Thomas Sowell Publisher: Basic Books Date: 2009
Author: Thomas Sowell, Scholar Credibility: The Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has a PH.d. in Economics from the University of Chicago. His book is published by Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books group.

Who's to Blame: Washington or Wall street?- Periodical
Website: http://www.newsweek.com/id/190342 Published Mar 21, 2009
I know that Newsweek is a credible magazine, and I know that this is there correct website. Also this is credible because it is a debate with two sides, and it is not biased.

Website: http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/073/housing.html
Source: Internet Author: Peggy J. Crawford, PhD, and Terry Young, PhD
Credibility: I think this is really credible, because it is from Pepperdine University and it is a business report. They both have PH.d's and they have a lot of citations for this article.

Website: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss4/art1/
Source: Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research
The Berkley Press, the new standard in scholarly publishing
Citation: Baker, Dean (2006) "The Menace of an Unchecked Housing Bubble," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 3 : Iss. 4, Article 1.

Periodical: Science Direct
This is an article that is from the Auraria Library and it also cites works and the Author.
Author: Hitoshi Saito
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., 2-1-2 Muromachi Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0022, Japan
Received 5 April 2001;
accepted 15 May 2001. ;
Available online 15 April 2003.

Periodical: Science Direct
This is also another article that is from the Auraria Library and it also cites works and the Author.
Author: Kyung-Hwan Kim
Department of Economics, Sogang University, CPO Box 1142, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Received 21 December 2003.
Available online 11 November 2004.

RJA #8c: Multimedia

Resource searched or tool used: Blinkx.com, Video search
Keywords used: News + Causes of housing market crash
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: 74,000
Relevance of hits: 4

RJA #8b: Social Media

Resource searched or tool used: Feed mill, Social Media Tool
Keywords used: Housing bubble crash
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: +100
Relevance of hits: 3

Resource searched or tool used: Icerocket, Social Media Tool
Keywords used: Causes of the housing market crash
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: 39
Relevance of hits: 3

RJA #8a: Websites

Resource searched tool used: Bing, Search Engine
Keywords used: Housing, Crash, Causes
Search strategies used: Housing + Crash + Causes - Depression
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: 17,635
Relevance of hits: 2

Resource searched or tool used: Meta/Mulit Search
Keywords used: Housing Crash + Causes -Depression
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: 18,324
Relevance of hits: 3

Resource searched or tool used: Infomine, Directory
Keywords used: Housing cause + Crash + Bubble + Bust
Search strategies used: Keywords
Date of search: October 8, 2009
Number of hits: 622
Relevance of hits: 3

Resource searched or tool used: Incywincy
Keywords used: Economy + housing market crash -Depression + Causes
Search strategies used: Incywincy and Keywords
Date of search: Oct 8, 2009
Number of hits: 662
Relevance of hits: 3

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

For my field research I am going to create a survey for Real Estate Broker. I am also going to be interviewing a couple of Real Estate Brokers. I think that they will be a good source of information, because they have been through the ups and downs of the market. For the survey I am going to include questions regarding what they think the cause of the housing market bust was. I am also going to ask them when they think the housing bust started. With my interview I want to find someone that has been in the business for a while and get their professional opinion on the housing bust. I plan on doing this within the month of October.

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

For my field research I am going to create a survey for Real Estate Broker. I am also going to be interviewing a couple of Real Estate Brokers. I think that they will be a good source of information, because they have been through the ups and downs of the market. For the survey I am going to include questions regarding what they think the cause of the housing market bust was. I am also going to ask them when they think the housing bust started. With my interview I want to find someone that has been in the business for a while and get their professional opinion on the housing bust. I plan on doing this within the month of October.