Source Analysis and Reliability

Question 1

What are the five w’s?

Answer 1

• Who produced the source.
• What it is and what it is not.
• When it was produced.
• Where it came from.
• Why it was produced.

Question 2

What limitations might a source have?

Answer 2

• Is complete or incomplete
• Provides accurate or inaccurate information
• Is biased
• Is persuasive