Choose an article from a newspaper,magazine, or newsletter or talk a passage from a book.How would you evaluate the information you find there for its accuracy?
please help me on this?? i'm hopeless!!
2007-01-26 15:11:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Well, to evalutate the infomation to find it's accuracy, you could
#1. Check another newspaper/website to see if the information is the same.
#2. Decide whether or not the information is a fact or an opinion. If the information is an opinion, it won't be as accurate.
#3. Consider the source. If it's a book, the information is more likely to be accurate. If it's a newspaper, it's more apt to be biased.
Hope this helped! : ) Good luck!
2007-01-26 15:18:21 · answer #1 · answered by morethanitseems 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Choose a newsletter from a reputable company, do an online search if you don't have one available. You can rely on what a company publishes there. Newspapers and magazines are sometimes biased and don't report all the facts. Never believe all that you read in them until you can verify the facts. Unless you use the Bible, you can not rely on what you read.
2007-01-26 15:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by americanmalearlington 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to do research with outside sources. Most news sources are very unreliable, from health to politics to science. You should go to the library and find specialized journals for professionals in the field the article covers. For example, if you read an article on economics, find a peer-reviewed journal aimed at Economists. If you read an article on acne treatment, search the Medical and Dermatologist journals for articles and studies that are relevant to the article.
Another reliable source is primary sources. Since research can get scewed, misinterpreted, and altered, your only truly reliable source is primary sources-- things like original documents, journals, artifacts, photos, etc.
Many good libraries, especially university libraries, have computerized searches that allow you to search keywords and even text. They subscribe to other services like JSTOR that host searchable journals that are stored online.
2007-01-26 15:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a news website, read a news article on any subject.The war would probably be the most popular. And then research it on google to see if the article is slanted or if its fact. Just compare and contrast. You'll do fine. You're not hopeless
2007-01-26 15:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by Fletcher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You go on other websites and read about the topic.
IE - The article is on Calories--you go to google and find sites about calories to see if the information of the article is correct or not.
I think 1984 is a bit too complicated for most people to explain, and it's not like everyone read it...
2007-01-26 15:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by Roots Above, Branches Below 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you bump into facts on the source you refer to them as true and emotions are not true because they are emotions of the righter. and if you doubt the facts try to find another source on
the same subject.
2007-01-26 15:21:51 · answer #6 · answered by dianna b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
talk about the book 1984. talk about how when the government controls everything, society crumbles with big brother controlling everything.
2007-01-26 15:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋