Robert Stein

Article summary

Robert Stein may refer to: * Bob Stein (American football) (born 1948), American football linebacker * Bobby Stein (1938/9–2021), Scottish footballer for Raith Rovers, Montrose, and East Stirlingshire * Robert Stein (computer pioneer) (born 1946), American computer pioneer and electronic publisher * Robert Stein (explorer) (1857–1917), Prussian-American Arctic explorer * Robert Stein Jr., comptroller for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, convicted of fraud * Robert Stein, Scottish developer of the "patent still" * Robert A. Stein (law professor) (born 1939), American law school dean and American Bar Association president * Robert A. Stein (diplomat) (1919–1998), American diplomat * Robert F. Stein, American physicist and astronomer, see Timeline of solar astronomy * Bobby Van (Robert Jack Stein, 1928–1980), American musical actor * R. L. Stine (Robert Lawrence Stein, born 1943), American author of the horror-fiction genre * Rob Stein (1943–2022), American political strategist * Robert M. Stein (1950–2025), American political scientist

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1939 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 1943 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1948". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "1939". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of birth is "1943". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
6. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301374120