Reliable sources

Which of the following would be most relevant to a claim about problems in education?

• A tweet about spirit week activities

• A report on student test score and graduation trends

• A blog where a parent explains what is wrong with the school administration

• A Wikipedia entry on your school.

One way to check the accuracy of the content is to 

• Check wikipedia 
• Cross check the information with other credible sources 
• Ask a friend if it looks right 

How can you tell if an author is credible?

• They have a college degree.

• They publish their credentials (qualifications)

• They have their own website.

• There is no way to tell this information.

Which of the following is a clue that the source is NOT reliable?

• date of last update is given
• .gov
• author is listed
• lots of advertising

Choose the one that is NOT a reliable source.

• Newspaper

• Book

• Organization website

• Customer review

Checking an author's credentials is a part of which CRAAP criteria?

• Currency

• Reliability

• Authoritiy

• Purpose

Which of the following is NOT an important part of evaluating a website? 

• expert author
• current information
• how many people use the website
• it is relevant to my topic

Checking for bias ties into which of the five CRAAP criteria?

• Currency

• Reliability

• Authority

• Purpose

Reliable sources are always the first Google result.

• True
• False

How can using old information cause a problem with your research?