Table 1
Source Total Count and Percentage by Speech Type and Professor.
| Professor A | Professor B | Professor C | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Type | Informative | Persuasive | Informative | Persuasive | Informative | Persuasive | ||||||
| Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | Total | % | |
| Source Types | ||||||||||||
| Book/Chapter | ||||||||||||
| Database/Library | 15 | 4% | 15 | 4% | 79 | 19% | 2 | 0% | 10 | 3% | 2 | 1% |
| Online | 2 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 1% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 1% |
| Total | 17 | 4% | 15 | 4% | 79 | 19% | 7 | 1% | 11 | 3% | 4 | 1% |
| Journal Article | ||||||||||||
| Database/Library | 124 | 32% | 145 | 39% | 95 | 23% | 124 | 25% | 80 | 24% | 75 | 19% |
| Online | 9 | 2% | 16 | 4% | 6 | 1% | 16 | 3% | 17 | 5% | 10 | 3% |
| Total | 133 | 34% | 161 | 43% | 101 | 24% | 140 | 28% | 97 | 29% | 85 | 21% |
| Magazine Article | ||||||||||||
| Database/Library | 60 | 15% | 36 | 10% | 47 | 11% | 26 | 5% | 42 | 12% | 34 | 9% |
| Online | 23 | 6% | 23 | 6% | 28 | 7% | 14 | 3% | 16 | 5% | 19 | 5% |
| Total | 83 | 23% | 59 | 16% | 75 | 18% | 40 | 8% | 58 | 17% | 53 | 13% |
| News Source | ||||||||||||
| Database/Library | 13 | 3% | 2 | 1% | 2 | 0% | 12 | 2% | 12 | 4% | 9 | 2% |
| Online | 30 | 8% | 33 | 9% | 46 | 11% | 42 | 9% | 30 | 9% | 48 | 12% |
| Total | 43 | 11% | 35 | 9% | 48 | 12% | 54 | 11% | 42 | 12% | 57 | 14% |
| Websites | ||||||||||||
| Commercial | 32 | 8% | 18 | 5% | 35 | 8% | 14 | 3% | 10 | 3% | 32 | 8% |
| Educational | 12 | 3% | 6 | 2% | 4 | 1% | 7 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 22 | 6% |
| Government | 18 | 5% | 18 | 5% | 14 | 3% | 43 | 9% | 8 | 2% | 68 | 17% |
| Organizational | 27 | 7% | 47 | 13% | 46 | 11% | 172 | 35% | 98 | 29% | 60 | 15% |
| Total | 89 | 23% | 89 | 24% | 99 | 24% | 236 | 48% | 119 | 35% | 182 | 46% |
| Other | 19 | 5% | 5 | 1% | 10 | 2% | 14 | 3% | 7 | 2% | 11 | 3% |
| Unidentifiable | 5 | 1% | 7 | 2% | 5 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 3 | 1% | 4 | 1% |
| Total Citations | 389 | 371 | 417 | 494 | 337 | 396 | ||||||
| Average per Speech | 5.64 | 5.8 | 5.42 | 6.59 | 5.27 | 6 | ||||||
Table 2
Citations by type compared to source requirements.
| Professor A | Professor B | Professor C | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Type | Informative | Persuasive | Informative | Persuasive | Informative | Persuasive | ||||||
| No. of speeches | 68 | 65 | 75 | 74 | 60 | 65 | ||||||
| Total | Avg per speech | Total | Avg per speech | Total | Avg per speech | Total | Avg per speech | Total | Avg per speech | Total | Avg per speech | |
| Source Types | ||||||||||||
| Book/Chapter | 17 | 0.30 | 15 | 0.24 | 79 | 1.05 | 7 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.18 | 4 | 0.06 |
| Journal Article | 133 | 2.10 | 161 | 2.50 | 101 | 1.34 | 140 | 1.89 | 97 | 1.61 | 85 | 1.26 |
| Magazine Article | 83 | 1.33 | 59 | 0.95 | 75 | 1 | 40 | 0.54 | 58 | 0.96 | 53 | 0.84 |
| News Source | 43 | 0.69 | 35 | 0.56 | 48 | 0.64 | 54 | 0.73 | 42 | 0.7 | 57 | 0.88 |
| Websites | 89 | 1.43 | 89 | 1.43 | 99 | 1.32 | 236 | 3.19 | 119 | 1.98 | 182 | 2.8 |
| Total number of citations* | 389 | 5.64 | 371 | 5.80 | 417 | 5.42 | 494 | 6.59 | 337 | 5.27 | 396 | 6 |
| Source Requirements | Min of 5 sources, most from databases, 2 websites max | Same as informative speech | Min of 5 high quality sources, 4 with physical versions available | Min of 7 high quality sources, 5 with physical versions available | Min of 5 sources: 3 journal/books, 1 newspaper/magazine, one nonprofit website | Min of 5 sources: 2 academic articles/.gov websites, 2 magazines/newspapers, 1 personal story/interview | ||||||
[i] * Total number of sources includes the categories of “other” and “unidentifiable” not included in this table. See Figure 1.