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Assignment | Political Typology Beyond Red vs. Blue (Plank): Evaluating Sources

GOVT 2305 | Prof. Matt Plank (Fall 2024)

Thinking About Your Sources

Evaluating Information

The CRAAP Test

Evaluate your source's...

 

CRAAP test factors: Currency, Relevance, Accuracy, Authority, Purpose

Also, The Three Rs

Is your source
Recent? Reliable? Relevant?

Is this source up-to-date? Is it about my topic, and does it go into enough depth? Does it come from an authoritative source? Is the information accurate (and are there citations given to back it up)? And why was this information written in the first place?