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Prof. Sanpietro
ENG-102
6-January-2023
C.R.A.A.P. Test Practice
Link to site 1: https://www.texasgateway.org/resource/determining-validity-and-reliability-
sources-english-iii-research
Evaluation:22.5/25
Currency – I couldn’t find when the information was published or posted. The information looks revised but doesn’t need to be updated for this certain topic. The information is current the topic and the links are functional. I would score this a 4/5 Relevance – If I were to be researching for the C.R.A. AP test, information would relate to my topic. The intended audience is people who want to learn about checking credibility in their sources. Yes, the information is at an appropriate level and yes, I would be comfortable using this source for a research paper
. I would score this a 5/5 Authority – Texas gateway is the source. They say that are a Texas education. This website is a resource to learn information. They have a specific page to request contact information. I would score this a 3.5/5
Accuracy – Yes, the information is supported by evidence. Yes, I checked the links they provided and verified some of the information. No, I didn’t find any spelling, grammar, or other typographical errors. I would score this a 5/5.
Purpose – The purpose of the information is to help us determine if a website is trustworthy. Yes, the authors/sponsors make their intentions or purpose clear, they even provide a small test
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to see if you understood the information. No there’s no political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases. I would score this a 5/5
Determination: This site is reliable because the total score out of the CRAAP test was 22/25 which is excellent. Although this source did not provide an author or date, it had a great
Currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose. Link to site 2: https://mynews4.com/news/local/reno-sparks-grocery-stores-restocking-shelves-
after-long-i-80-closure-strained-food-supply-nevada-washoe-county
Evaluation:14/30
Currency – This was published December 29
th
, 2021. No, it does not look updated. The information is almost a year old. The links are not functional. Score is 2/5
Relevance –If I were researching shortage and food it would relate to the topic. The information seems appropriate. I would not be comfortable using this source for research. I would score 2/5.
Authority – The author is Ben Margiott, and he is a journalist. The credentials are not given but it
was easy to look up that he graduated from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and there is information about his previous work. The author’s qualifications to write on this topic is he is a news reporter for no matter. There is contact information. I would score 4/5.
Accuracy – They got this information from local grocery stores. I could not verify this information because their links don't work but that might be because it's a year old and it's not recent news anymore. There are no grammar spelling or typographical errors. I scored 3/5.
Purpose –The purpose of this information was to inform us about the strained food supply. The author does make their intentions or purpose clear. The information is fact, and it might be a little biased.3/5
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Determination: This information is not reliable because it scored a 14/25, which is average. Overall, the website did not have enough information on the topic, nor did it include a bibliography. The author did seem like he was reliable but not enough information was given.
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