Evaluate the Author

Evaluation

Once an author's name is available, search for information using the author's name in Google or a similar search engine. Entering keywords such as 'education' or "employment' in addition to the author's name may help retrieve information about where the author attended school, graduated or works. Be nosy -- look for facts and check those out to see if they hold up.

Also pay attention to the way an author expresses opinions or facts. Are there indications of bias?

Interactive MicroModule Companion on objectivity and bias

Evaluate one or more of the authors of these pages:

• Sorting Hat Personality Test

• The First Male Pregnancy

• Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

• Politics 2.0: Elect Susie Flynn

• Immigration: Myth vs. Facts

• Shrouded in Doubt

Look at educational background, examples of other work, reputation, objectivity, even spelling.

What do the findings indicate about the credibility of their work?

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