Topic 9: Evaluating Information Web Sites & Citing Sources

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4. Please review your TRAILS test results.  In your Topic 9 blog post, please copy and past the questions you missed, your initial answer and then explain what the correct answer should be.  If you get 100% on the TRAILS test please design an additional evaluation question and answer that could be added to the test. Post that question and answer in your blog as your Topic 9 post.

	Why is it important to evaluate a website's currency?
	Old information could be incomplete and/or incorrect. The reason it's important to check a website's currency is because old information may be out of date or wrong You are responsible for writing a paper on the production of electricity in your state. Which resource is least likely to have biased information: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)

	The EPA is probably going to be the least likely to be biased on the energy production in your state. Your group has selected the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska as a research topic. As you are researching, you read a fantastic quote attributed to attorney Paul Achitoff of Earthjustice. What should be your next step?
	Verify that the attorney works for Earthjustice and learn more about the organization You should always have some background knowledge on the site your using.

	Read the excerpt below that comes from a travel industry magazine: Deputy Director Hill of Horseshoe Cruise Line stated the following about the mysterious illness aboard the 900-person cruise ship Royal Lady, "Including crew and guests, we believe that 766 passengers are presently ill. That is certainly not an epidemic. In fact, there is no reason to believe that this illness has anything to do with the food or facilities." Does this excerpt illustrate fact, opinion or bias?
	Bias This excerpt is biased because it is completely rejecting the possibility of being at fault.