What_is_a_critical_evaluation

Question 1

Evaluation…?

Answer 1

Act of ascertaining or fixing the value of worth

An appraisal of the value of something

Question 2

Critical…?

Answer 2

Of or involving or characteristics of critics or criticism (Example “Critical acclaim”)
Marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws (Example: “A critical attitude”)
Characterized by careful evaluation and judgement (Example: “A critical reading”)

Question 3

Critical Evaluation…?

Answer 3

The processing of appraising something, look at the errors and flaws.

Question 4

Critical Evaluation can also be applied…?

Answer 4

in a positive way. So if you see something that improves the value or worth of something this should be commented on also.

Question 5

Critical Evaluation:

We can add it is also looking for…?

Answer 5

facts and statements we can understand, or believe to be balanced and, or true.

Question 6

Evaluation of Web Material:

Usability…?

Answer 6

How well the page functions. This may help you find info but makes no difference to the info itself.

Question 7

Evaluation of Web Material:

Design…?

Answer 7

Don’t be influenced by a page’s look and feel. It may be attractive but that makes little difference to the value of info.

Question 8

Content of Web site:

There are an increasing number of Web-based directories and Databases that only…?

Answer 8

accept sites or links that meet content evaluation criteria. Why would they keep the info if it’s not valid or accurate?

Question 9

Content of Web site:

Much of the material on the Internet is…?

Answer 9

not info, but incorrect which makes it disinformation or, deliberately misleading which makes it propaganda.

Question 10

Content of Web site:

When making decisions or assumptions we need to know if we…?

Answer 10

can trust or believe the content we are reading. Otherwise we may pass on misinformation ourselves which may, in a business situation, make us liable for damages.

Question 11

Some questions we need to ask are..?

Answer 11

How useful is the site?
Can we believe it?
Is it reliable and accurate?
Is it information or just opinion?
Is the article as good as what you might find in a journal, database or textbook?

Question 12

Information…?

Answer 12

Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction.
A message received and understood.
A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn.

Question 13

Information:

Knowledge communicated…?

Answer 13

concerning some particular fact, subject, or event; that of which one is apprised or told; intelligence, news. spec. contrasted with data.

Question 14

What is NOT information…?

Answer 14

Propaganda may easily be based in fact, but facts represented in such a way as to provoke a desired response.

Question 15

Propaganda..?

Answer 15

The systematic propagation of info or ideas by an interested party, esp. in a tendentious way in order to encourage or instill a particular attitude or response. Also, the ideas, doctrines, etc.

Question 16

The purpose of propaganda is to…?

Answer 16

‘instill a particular attitude’: to encourage you to think a particular wavy. Think for yourself: base your opinion on the facts, not the hype.

Question 17

Misinformation…?

Answer 17

The action of misinforming or condition of being misinformed.
Erroneous or incorrect information.

Question 18

Misinformation:

Differs from propaganda in that it…?

Answer 18

always refers to something which is not true. It differs from disinformation in that it is “intentional neutral”: it isn’t deliberate, it’s just wrong or mistaken.

Question 19

Evaluating web info:

all info, whether in print or by byte, needs to be evaluated by readers for…?

Answer 19

authority, appropriateness, and other personal criteria for value.

Question 20

Evaluating web info:

if you find something that is too good to be true…?

Answer 20

it probably is.

Question 21

Evaluating Web Info:

Never use info that you cannot verify…?

Answer 21

establishing and learning criteria to filter info you find on the Internet is as good beginning for becoming a critical consumer of info in all forms.

Question 22

Evaluating Web Info:

Question it, look for other sources that can..?

Answer 22

Authenticate or corroborate what you find. Learn to be skeptical and then learn to trust your instincts.

Question 23

Evaluating Web Info:

A simple checklist is CARS which stands for…?

Answer 23

Credibility - includes Author
Accuracy
Reasonableness
Support

Question 24

Evaluating Web Info:

What to consider…?

Answer 24

Authorship, Publishing body, Point of view or bias, Referral to other sources, Venerability, Currency, How to distinguish propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation, the mechanics of determining authorship, publishing body, and currency on the Internet.

Question 25

Authorship is the major criterion used in…?

Answer 25

Evaluating info.

Question 26

When you find an Author you don’t recognize..?

Answer 26

The Web/Internet document you are reading gives biographical info, including the author’s position, institutional affiliation and address;

If none of the above, there is an address and telephone number as well as an e-mail address for the author in order to request further info on his or her work and professional background. An e-mail address alone gives you no more info than you already have.

Question 27

Publishing body…?

Answer 27

also helps evaluate any kind of document you may be reading. In the print universe, this generally means that the author’s manuscript has undergone screening in order to verify that it meets the standards or aims of the organization that serves as publisher.

Question 28

Point of view or bias…?

Answer 28

Reminds us that info is rarely neutral. Because data is used in selective ways to form info, it generally represents a point of view.

Question 29

When evaluating info found on the internet, it is …?

Answer 29

important to examine who is providing the “info” you are viewing, and what might be their point of view or bias.

Question 30

Referral to and/or knowledge of the literature refers to…?

Answer 30

the context in which the author situates his or her work. This reveals what the author knows about his or her discipline and its practices. This allows you to evaluate the author’s scholarship or knowledge of trends in the area under discussion.

Question 31

Accuracy or verifiability of details..?

Answer 31

is an important part of the evaluation process, especially when you are reading the work of an unfamiliar author presented by an unfamiliar organization, or presented in a non-traditional way.

Question 32

Currency…?

Answer 32

refers to the timeliness of info. In printed documents, the date of publication is the first indicator of currency. For some types of info, currency is important (e.g. T.S. Eliot’s essays on tradition in literature). For many other types of data, however, currency is extremely important, as is the regularity with which the data is updated.

Question 33

Internet search engines aren’t like…?

Answer 33

databases found in libraries. Library databases include subject headings, abstracts, and other evaluative info created by info professionals to make searching more accurate. In addition, library databases index more permanent and reliable info.