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Evaluating with CRAAP
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Evaluating with CRAAP
Evaluation Criteria
An overview of CRAAP to use when you're reading.
Evaluative criteria
Before you read
What type of source is this?
Does it match up with your need? (background info, popular opinion, how-to manual, peer-reviewed article, etc.)
Who wrote this?
What kind of expertise/experience do they have with the topic?
No named author + not a reputable publisher = reason to doubt the information
Who sponsored/paid for this?
Where was this published?
If it’s a website is it a .com, .org, .gov, .edu
How might each of these types of organizations have an ‘agenda’
When was this written
Is it out of date for your purposes?
How is it organized?
What do headings/images tell you about the information?
Any big headlines or images that are meant to shock you or emotionally manipulate you?
As you read it
Who is the audience of this?
What is the message?
Is it meant to make you feel a certain way?
Is it calling you to action?
Is it informing you?
What evidence is provided by the author?
What type of evidence are they using?
How do they represent opposing ideas?
How are images/statistics used?
After you read it
How does the information in this source match up with what you’re reading in other sources?
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