Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Topic 9: Evaluating Information Web Sites & Citing Sources

3. You are responsible for writing a paper on the production of electricity in your state. Which resource is least likely to have biased information:

My Answer: The electric company that sets the rates for your electricity

Actual Answer: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)

It makes sense that the Agency would have least likely biased information because it is government controlled. The electric company could have biased info because they are a company so there purpose is to persuade consumers to invest in their business. 


9. When you are assessing a website's objectivity, which of the following would you not examine?

My Answer: Advertising on the website

Actual Answer: The currency of hyperlinks on the website

I have always ignored advertisements because the amount that is displayed and how often you see them everyday. I always thought that advertisements did not matter but some ads actually relate to the websites.

3 comments:

  1. The answers could have been a little more in depth as to why exactly it was right. Also, your text is really small! Other than that, looks good.

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  2. I Think your information is good but i also agree with Kelsey in a sense that the text is really small but i like the way you formatted it.

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  3. I agree with the above. Its formatted nicely but it's a little hard to see.

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