{"id":290,"date":"2016-07-26T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T13:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=290"},"modified":"2020-01-09T20:33:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T20:33:13","slug":"try-it-source-analysis","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/chapter\/try-it-source-analysis\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Source Analysis","rendered":"Try It: Source Analysis"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>To Do<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-1314 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/28175543\/books-441866_1920-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"stack of books\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\r\n\r\nIn this section, you learned about analyzing sources to verify that they are current, relevant, authoritative, accurate, and purposeful. In this exercise, you'll apply what you've learned to assess the usefulness of some articles.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n\r\n1. Focusing on the \"Authority\" aspect of the C.R.A.A.P. test, take a few minutes to read\u00a0the following two articles and consider the authors and their credentials.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"Facebook is Bad For Your - Get a Life!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-is-bad-for-you-2013-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook is Bad For You \u2013 Get a Life!<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAfter you have read each article, write a paragraph providing your opinion of the authority of each article using the established guidelines. Remember, you are\u00a0not stating your opinion of the article but rather your justification of why or why not the article meets the authority test.\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. Now you are ready to apply your analysis skills to examine the sources you found in your previous database searching.\u00a0Pick one of the search results you found through EBSCO and use the C.R.A.A.P. method\u00a0to evaluate the resource.\u00a0Write a short paragraph addressing each of the following sections:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Currency<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Relevance<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Authority<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Accuracy<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Purpose<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nRefer back to the content pages about for a list of questions and topics to consider with each C.R.A.A.P. section. Finally, write a summary statement indicating if and why you think the resource is worth utilizing for your research.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Worked Example<\/h2>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2>To Do<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1314 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/28175543\/books-441866_1920-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"stack of books\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this section, you learned about analyzing sources to verify that they are current, relevant, authoritative, accurate, and purposeful. In this exercise, you&#8217;ll apply what you&#8217;ve learned to assess the usefulness of some articles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>1. Focusing on the &#8220;Authority&#8221; aspect of the C.R.A.A.P. test, take a few minutes to read\u00a0the following two articles and consider the authors and their credentials.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0069841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Facebook is Bad For Your - Get a Life!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-is-bad-for-you-2013-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook is Bad For You \u2013 Get a Life!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After you have read each article, write a paragraph providing your opinion of the authority of each article using the established guidelines. Remember, you are\u00a0not stating your opinion of the article but rather your justification of why or why not the article meets the authority test.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">2. Now you are ready to apply your analysis skills to examine the sources you found in your previous database searching.\u00a0Pick one of the search results you found through EBSCO and use the C.R.A.A.P. method\u00a0to evaluate the resource.\u00a0Write a short paragraph addressing each of the following sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Currency<\/li>\n<li>Relevance<\/li>\n<li>Authority<\/li>\n<li>Accuracy<\/li>\n<li>Purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Refer back to the content pages about for a list of questions and topics to consider with each C.R.A.A.P. section. Finally, write a summary statement indicating if and why you think the resource is worth utilizing for your research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Worked Example<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-290\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Try It: Source Analysis. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Authority Exercise. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative . <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/metaliteracybadges.org\/blog\/quest\/authority\/\">https:\/\/metaliteracybadges.org\/blog\/quest\/authority\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of books. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Hermann. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/books-education-school-literature-441866\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/books-education-school-literature-441866\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":19,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Try It: Source Analysis\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Authority Exercise\",\"author\":\"Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative \",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/metaliteracybadges.org\/blog\/quest\/authority\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nc-sa\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Image of books\",\"author\":\"Hermann\",\"organization\":\"Pixabay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/books-education-school-literature-441866\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"dd932d4c-5d97-437d-bf5d-f13af9107903","pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-290","chapter","type-chapter","status-web-only","hentry"],"part":255,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/revisions\/1805"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/255"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/290\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=290"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english-gen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}