Read the following scenario: A student is researching information on Christopher Columbus for a history project. In looking up i

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Read the following scenario: A student is researching information on Christopher Columbus for a history project. In looking up i

nformation about his trip to the New World, the student finds two conflicting pieces of information from two different sources. Source A: This source comes from a local community college. It is an essay written by a history student regarding Christopher Columbus. The student lists references for the information but does not provide contact information or links to the references. Source B: This source comes from an internationally known encyclopedia. The site lists the authors of the article and provides references for the information that readers can link to. There are a couple of ads on the site, but no pop-ups and the ads are not distracting.
Which of the sources is most reliable and why?

Source A is most reliable because it was published by a local community college and is free of advertisements.

Source B is most reliable because it gives information on the author and has references that readers can check.

Source A is most reliable because it was written by a college student who probably has more recent and up-to-date information.

Source B is most reliable because the encyclopedia is internationally known and doesn’t contain pop-up ads.

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2 answers:

goldfiish [28.3K] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-16T04:24:13+03:00

goldfiish [28.3K]4 years ago

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It would be Source B due to it not having pop-up ads cause those are just really annoying.

GaryK [48] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-16T06:11:17+03:00

Answer:

<h2>Source B is most reliable because it gives information on the author and has references that readers can check.</h2>

Explanation:

Source B is the most reliable among the options, because the information is supported by references that can be tracked trough those links. A good source is always the one that can be verified.