Website Evaluation

When you are testing to find out if the website you are using has the most up to date information, you are testing for:

• Purpose

• Authority

• Currency

• Relevancy

If you are testing to see if there is any bias on a website, what part of the CARP test is crucial?

• Authority

• Accuracy

• Relevancy

• Purpose

If you are trying to determine if the author of the website is knowledgeable about what she is writing, which part of the CARP Test is most crucial for what you are looking for?

• Authority

• Accuracy

• Relevancy

• Purpose

Which of the following is the best indicator that a Web site is reliable?

• The author of the site tells you the information is reliable.

• The author of the site provides contact information and his or her qualifications.

• The author links to his or her favorite Web sites.

• The author states in bold letters that the site was proofread by a teacher.

Evaluating content on the Web is important because:

• Web authors are always less professional.

• Web authors are always biased.

• Anyone can publish on the Web. There is no guarantee that what you’re reading is reliable.

• Printed information is always more accurate than information found on the Web.

True or false:  Research is the process of locating information to answer a question or solve a problem.

• True
• False

Currency refers to how __________ a website's information was updated.

• recently
• expensively
• neatly
• accurately

The _________ of a website has to do with what the creator is trying to accomplish, such as sell something or just provide information.

• price
• strategy
• purpose
• plan

If a website is trying to persuade you to do something, it is said to be __________.

• undermined
• objective
• outdated
• biased

A ________ engine is a piece of software that allows you to look for information on the internet.

• lookup
• search
• primary
• difference