{"id":289,"date":"2015-05-28T23:31:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T23:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=289"},"modified":"2016-05-31T18:48:56","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T18:48:56","slug":"assessment-investigating-your-source","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/assessment-investigating-your-source\/","title":{"raw":"Assessment: Investigating Your Source","rendered":"Assessment: Investigating Your Source"},"content":{"raw":"For the source you've chosen\u2014and it can be <strong>anything<\/strong> that relates to your final research essay topic\u2014complete the following questionnaire.\u00a0 <em>It's important to note that not all of these answers may prove helpful to actually drafting the Evaluation Essay.<\/em>\u00a0 Instead, you're brainstorming possible content for that essay, and then picking what seems to be the most important features about your source from this initial exploration.\r\n<div class=\"pageTitleDiv pageTitleSpan\"><\/div>\r\n<h2 class=\"pageTitleDiv pageTitleSpan\">Source Evaluation Questionnaire<\/h2>\r\nTitle of Source:\r\n\r\nHow you found it:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Who wrote\/presented this information?\u00a0 (If not an individual, who is responsible for publishing it?)\u00a0 Do a websearch on this individual or group.\u00a0 What do you learn?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Where was this source published or made available?\u00a0 What other types of articles, etc., does this publication have on offer?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Note one particular fact or bit of data that is included, here.\u00a0 Try to verify this fact by checking other sources.\u00a0 What do you learn?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Does the author seem to have any bias?\u00a0 In what way?\u00a0 Why do you suspect this? 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