Blog Post #2: Sources of Scientific Information

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I examined The article, Population structure and habitat use of gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada) in Wof-Washa Forest (Gosh-Meda Area), Central Ethiopia to determine which category of scientific information it fits into.  The article appears to be written by two experts in the field.  As one is employed by the Department of Biology at Debre Markos University and the other is employed at the Department of Zoological Sciences at the Addis Ababa University.  However, neither of their credentials are noted so it does not meet this criterion. The article makes use of in-text citations as well it has a bibliography. The article makes no mention of a referee reviewing the paper before the publication or of a peer review process. The article does have a results sections which are usually associated with an academic, peer-reviewed paper. Because this paper did not document the authors credentials, a referee, or the peer-review process I would classify this paper as non-academic material.

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