Evaluating Credible and Scholarly Scientific Sources
The purpose of this assignment is to help you distinguish
between different types of information sources and evaluate sources of
information for credibility. Scientists and scholars use information
from a variety of sources, some of them scholarly journal articles that
have been peer-reviewed,
and others credible websites, magazines, and news sources. While all
scholarly sources are considered credible, most credible sources you
will encounter in your daily life are not actually scholarly. It is
important to view information with a critical eye, as there is a lot of
misinformation from bunk sources out there. If you do not believe this,
just navigate to Google in your Internet browser, type in the words,
“We never went to the Moon”, and see what you find. Did you know that
the Moon may be made of cheese? Exactly what kind, however, remains a
mystery (Uncyclopedia.wikia.com, 2016).
In order to complete this assignment, you will need to follow the links provided on the Week Two Assignment Reporting Form
to view three numbered sources. For each source, complete a two-page
questionnaire. When you have finished, you will have identified which
of three sources is not credible, which sources are credible, and which
source is also scholarly.
Once you have completed the required sections within the Week Two Assignment Reporting Form
submit the document via Waypoint. The document does not need to
include a title page or other APA formatting; however, if you utilize
any outside sources in your answers, you must reference these sources
in proper APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
