Use CARRDSS to evaluate your sources |
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| C | REDIBILITY : Who is the author? What are his or her credentials? |
| A | CCURACY: Can facts, statistics, or other information be verified through other sources? Based on your knowledge, does the information seem accurate? |
| R | ELIABILITY: Does the source present a particular view or bias? |
| R | ELEVANCE: Does this information
directly support my hypothesis/thesis or help to answer my question? |
| D | ATE: When was this information created? When was it revised? Are these dates meaningful in terms of the subject matter? |
| S | OURCES BEHIND THE TEXT: Did the author use reliable, credible sources? |
| S | COPE: Does this source address my
hypothesis/thesis/question in a comprehensive or
peripheral way? Is it a scholarly or popular treatment? |
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