What does CAARP stand for? - Answers Currency, Authority, Accuracy, Relevance, Purpose
What is Currency? - Answers Determine if the information you are getting is up to date information
What is the Authority? - Answers DId the information come from someone/somewhere that is qualified
to speak on the subject
What is Accuracy? - Answers Still need to be able to prove that the information is valid.correct.true
What is the Relevance? - Answers Need to ensure that the evidence you are using actually proves the
point you are trying to make
What is the purpose? - Answers The source needs to suit what you are arguing
How to search for specific types of sources - Answers site: (x) X= .com, .edu .gov, Etc
1.Initial reports tend to be the less accurate than they really are (real-time reporting)
2.As time goes on information revised - Answers Currency
Make sure that the person has some background in that field - Answers Authority
.com - Answers commercial website = only reason they exit is to make $$, goal is not educate (may be
secondary)
.net - Answers open network sites = anyone can start one and write on it! Aka - bloggers
.gov - Answers government agency sites = run by the different departments in the govt, officially
approved spokesmen from the country
.edu - Answers educational website = designed to teach people information
.org - Answers organization websites = give the official views from specific organizations in the world
1.from 3 sources
2. Back up all your points with statistical evidence
3. Statistics and data are numbers that backup your arguments
4.Anecdotes are
5. NOT evidence
Story that describe what happened
6.Anecdote can be an example but not the proof