Wednesday, January 3, 2018

The CRAAP Test

The CRAAP Test -- for finding reliable and useful sources

Currency
Relevancy
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose



Currency
How up-to-date is it?


 
Relevance
Is it what I need or want? Does it help me?



Authority
Who wrote or published this?
What makes them an expert? (Do they know what they're talking about?)


Accuracy
Is the information correct?
Can you verify it in more than one place?

Does it make sense?
Does what you're learning fit with what you already know to be true, or with what you've found in reliable sources?



and  
How well has it been edited?
Does it seem that someone cared enough to make it correct and readable?

Purpose
Why did they create this? to inform or teach? to persuade?  to sell? to entertain?
How biased is it?