Answer:
Does the author or agency that created the information have the credentials, academic background, or experience to write authoritatively about the topic?
Authors:
Google their name(s)...do they have a degree related to the topic they are addressing?
Watch out for people with degrees (MA, MS, PhD) in a field unrelated to what they are writing about. A PhD in English does not qualify someone to give medical advice, for instance.
Agencies:
Google their name...do they have a good reputation in the field they are addressing?
Are they really taking responsibility for a particular website or certain resource? In the case of websites, sometimes university web pages are "official" and sometimes they belong solely to students or staff or faculty. To learn how to tell the difference, visit our "How can I "read" a URL or website address?" answer.
See also: What is a good way to find information about the authority or qualifications of an author?
Explanation:
Tropical Storm Katrina, and it made landfall between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as a category 1 hurricane (a storm that, on the Saffir-Simpson scale, exhibits winds in the range of 74–95 miles per hour [119–154 km per hour]). Sustained winds of 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) lashed the Florida peninsula, and rainfall totals of 5 inches (13 cm) were reported in some areas. The storm spent less than eight hours over land. It quickly intensified when it reached the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hello there.
<span>Which passage uses a false either-or argument?
</span><span>All leaves fall in autumn; therefore, this leaf will fall in autumn.
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Answer:
Correct answer is A. Determine the resource's original medium of production.
Explanation:
A is correct answer because it is important to know how reliable the source - is it forged or not, and its validity - to see if the information contained there are true.
B is wrong because it is not important who the author is, but is he reliable enough.
C is wrong because it doesn't matter how many time the resource has been published, if it is not reliable.
D is not important, because idea itself is not telling us enough about its importance and validity.
Wounded Knee was in 1890. Specifically it was December 22, 1890.
