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    Group2 2nd Report

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    This document outlines six criteria for evaluating websites: authority, purpose, coverage, currency, objectivity, and accuracy. Authority refers to the qualifications of those responsible for the site. Purpose examines whether the site's goals are clear. Coverage assesses how extensively the site discusses its topics. Currency considers how recently the site was created and updated. Objectivity determines if the site presents information without bias. Accuracy evaluates the reliability and referencing of the factual information provided. These criteria should be applied when researching online to determine a site's credibility.

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    This document outlines six criteria for evaluating websites: authority, purpose, coverage, currency, objectivity, and accuracy. Authority refers to the qualifications of those responsible for the site. Purpose examines whether the site's goals are clear. Coverage assesses how extensively the site discusses its topics. Currency considers how recently the site was created and updated. Objectivity determines if the site presents information without bias. Accuracy evaluates the reliability and referencing of the factual information provided. These criteria should be applied when researching online to determine a site's credibility.

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    This document outlines six criteria for evaluating websites: authority, purpose, coverage, currency, objectivity, and accuracy. Authority refers to the qualifications of those responsible for the site. Purpose examines whether the site's goals are clear. Coverage assesses how extensively the site discusses its topics. Currency considers how recently the site was created and updated. Objectivity determines if the site presents information without bias. Accuracy evaluates the reliability and referencing of the factual information provided. These criteria should be applied when researching online to determine a site's credibility.

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    This document outlines six criteria for evaluating websites: authority, purpose, coverage, currency, objectivity, and accuracy. Authority refers to the qualifications of those responsible for the site. Purpose examines whether the site's goals are clear. Coverage assesses how extensively the site discusses its topics. Currency considers how recently the site was created and updated. Objectivity determines if the site presents information without bias. Accuracy evaluates the reliability and referencing of the factual information provided. These criteria should be applied when researching online to determine a site's credibility.

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    Criteria in Evaluating Websites

    These six criteria deal with the content of Web sites rather than the graphics or site
    design.
    Apply these criteria when you research on the internet.
    1. AUTHORITY
    Authority reveals that the person, institution or agency responsible for a site has the
    qualifications and knowledge to do so. Evaluating a web site for authority:
    Authorship: It should be clear who developed the site.
    Contact information should be clearly provided: e-mail address, snail mail
    address,
    phone number, and fax number.
    Credentials: the author should state qualifications, credentials, or personal
    background
    that gives them authority to present information.
    Check to see if the site supported by an organization or a commercial body
    2. PURPOSE
    The purpose of the information presented in the site should be clear. Some sites are
    meant to
    inform, persuade, state an opinion, entertain, or parody something or someone.
    Evaluating a
    web site for purpose:
    Does the content support the purpose of the site?
    Is the information geared to a specific audience (students, scholars, general
    reader)?
    Is the site organized and focused?
    Are the outside links appropriate for the site?
    Does the site evaluate the links?
    Check the domain of the site. The URL may indicate its purpose.

    3. COVERAGE
    It is difficult to assess the extent of coverage since depth in a site, through the use of
    links, can
    be infinite. One author may claim comprehensive coverage of a topic while another may
    cover
    just one aspect of a topic. Evaluating a web site for coverage:
    Does the site claim to be selective or comprehensive?
    Are the topics explored in depth?
    Compare the value of the sites information compared to other similar sites.
    Do the links go to outside sites rather than its own?
    Does the site provide information with no relevant outside links?
    4. CURRENCY
    Currency of the site refers to: 1) how current the information presented is, and 2) how
    often
    the site is updated or maintained. It is important to know when a site was created, when
    it was
    last updated, and if all of the links are current. Evaluating a web site for currency
    involves
    finding the date information was:
    first written
    placed on the web
    last revised
    Then ask if:
    Links are up-to-date
    Links provided should be reliable. Dead links or references to sites that have
    moved are
    not useful.
    time

    Information provided so trend related that its usefulness is limited to a certain

    period?

    the site been under construction for some time?


    5. OBJECTIVITY
    Objectivity of the site should be clear. Beware of sites that contain bias or do not admit
    its bias
    freely. Objective sites present information with a minimum of bias. Evaluating a web site
    for
    objectivity:
    Is the information presented with a particular bias?
    Does the information try to sway the audience?
    Does site advertising conflict with the content?
    Is the site trying to explain, inform, persuade, or sell something?
    6. ACCURACY
    There are few standards to verify the accuracy of information on the web. It is the
    responsibility
    of the reader to assess the information presented. Evaluating a web site for accuracy:
    Reliability: Is the author affiliated with a known, respectable institution?
    References: do statistics and other factual information receive proper
    references as to
    their origin?
    seem

    Does the reading you have already done on the subject make the information

    accurate?
    Is the information comparable to other sites on the same topic?
    Does the text follow basic rules of grammar, spelling and composition?
    Is a bibliography or reference list included?

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