M2 - Evaluating resources

Question 1

the craap test

Answer 1

currencry: when was the info published, is it current and relevant?

relevance: does the ino relate to your topic and who is the intended audience

authority: who is the author, do they have any credentials? are they qualified to write about the topic?

accuracy: where does the info come from, is it supported, has it been reviewed and is the language free from bias?

purpose: what is the purpose of the info? is there political religious, personal etc bias?

Question 2

Validity

Answer 2

Refers to the degree to which a study accurately measures what it’s intended to measure.

Question 3

Reliability

Answer 3

the consistency of results when an experiment is repeated under the same conditions.

Question 4

Accuracy

Answer 4

the closeness of a measured or observed value to the true value.