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what does CRAAP test stand for? - answer Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Currency (CRAAP) - answer the timeliness of the information
Relevance (CRAAP) - answer the importance of the information for your needs
Authority (CRAAP) - answer source of information
Accuracy (CRAAP) - answer the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
Purpose (CRAAP) - answer The reason the information exists
Questions of Fact - answer is that true?
issues of..
existence
scope
casualty (cause and effect)
Questions of Value - answer Is this good or bad?
what is considered appropriate, ethical, or moral
(any argument dealing with one of these three is an argument of value) Questions or Policy - answer What are we going to do?
what should we do?
IT IS POLICY IF USES THE WORD "SHOULD"!
what action be taken to resolve?
Contains both value and fact
natural argument is.. - answer episodic - not concluded in one session
Structural Approach to analyzing argument - answer applying pre-existing structure to arguments
-Problem is does not measure quality of evidence (only shows if arg. contains the components)
-Does not represent actual argumentation
Critical Approach to analyzing argument - answer rhetorical analysis of power dynamics/ideology behind arguments
-arguments that don't solve problems
Descriptive Approach to analyzing arguments - answer describe a topic common concern to better understand argument
-useful for identify evidence and argument types, but cannot solve (only make more aware)
Fallacy - answer Error in reasoning (a defect that weakens the argument)
Changes in Language - answer Intentional changes in the meaning of language within an argument
Example
what does CRAAP test stand for? - answer Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
Currency (CRAAP) - answer the timeliness of the information
Relevance (CRAAP) - answer the importance of the information for your needs
Authority (CRAAP) - answer source of information
Accuracy (CRAAP) - answer the reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content
Purpose (CRAAP) - answer The reason the information exists
Questions of Fact - answer is that true?
issues of..
existence
scope
casualty (cause and effect)
Questions of Value - answer Is this good or bad?
what is considered appropriate, ethical, or moral
(any argument dealing with one of these three is an argument of value) Questions or Policy - answer What are we going to do?
what should we do?
IT IS POLICY IF USES THE WORD "SHOULD"!
what action be taken to resolve?
Contains both value and fact
natural argument is.. - answer episodic - not concluded in one session
Structural Approach to analyzing argument - answer applying pre-existing structure to arguments
-Problem is does not measure quality of evidence (only shows if arg. contains the components)
-Does not represent actual argumentation
Critical Approach to analyzing argument - answer rhetorical analysis of power dynamics/ideology behind arguments
-arguments that don't solve problems
Descriptive Approach to analyzing arguments - answer describe a topic common concern to better understand argument
-useful for identify evidence and argument types, but cannot solve (only make more aware)
Fallacy - answer Error in reasoning (a defect that weakens the argument)
Changes in Language - answer Intentional changes in the meaning of language within an argument
Example
