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1. Chapter 4
How Do You
Evaluate
Information?

2. Chapter Topics
• The Importance of Critical Analysis
• Evaluating the Resource
• Evaluating Authority
• Evaluating Currency
• Evaluating the Content
• Evaluating Multimedia
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3. The Big Picture
To be accurate and credible, your information must
be sound and from reliable sources. Chapter 4
focuses on the importance of evaluating
information and information sources and the
criteria used to assess the credibility and
appropriateness of that information.
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4. Learning Objectives
• Use a set of criteria to evaluate information and
information sources.
• Identify specific criteria that should be used to
evaluate Web pages for credibility and
appropriateness.
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5. Case In Point Questions
• How will you begin to sort through the millions of
Web sites devoted to nutrition?
• Realizing the contradictory information on
nutrition presented on the Internet, how will you
determine which information is credible and
which is not?
• How well do you think you will be able to judge
which information you find is accurate and that
which is inaccurate?
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6. Case In Point Questions
• Do you think you will be able to successfully
select the kinds of resources that will be
appropriate to support your information? If so,
on what criteria will you base your selection? If
not, what do you need to know to make an
effective choice?
• How will you find data that you can translate into
information that your patients will understand,
knowing that most of your patients have limited
backgrounds in health-related topics, especially
nutrition?
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7. Benefits of
Effective Information Analysis
• Information used will be accurate.
• Decisions will be more appropriate.
• Your credibility is increased.
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8. Evaluating the Resource
Elements to be evaluated:
• How information is published
– Timelines
– Types of publications (how information is
communicated)
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9. Publication Timeline
• Influences of timeline
• Considerations
– How important is up-to-the-minute information?
(history versus technology example)
– How important is behind-the scenes information?
– How can you use both current and progressively
older information?
– What are the best resources for each of these?
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10. The Publication Timeline
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11. Journals and Magazines
• Types of Publications
– Scholarly journals
– Trade publications
– Popular magazines
• Credibility Factors to Consider
– Author
– Sources of information
– Article review process
– Examples of each type of publication
– Primary and secondary sources
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12. Credibility Factors to Consider
• Author
• Sources of information
• Article review process
• Examples of each type of publication
• Primary and secondary sources
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13. Organization of a Scholarly Article
• Abstract • Results
• Keywords • Discussion
• Introduction • Conclusion
• Literature Review • References
• Methods
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14. Evaluating Authority
• The Author
• Sponsorship
• Expertise
• Academic background and credentials
• Work-related or other experience
• Licensure or certification
• Affiliation
• Other publications
• Contact information
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15. The Publisher
• University press
• Trade press
• Governmental agency
• Not-for-profit organization
• Specialized press
• An individual
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16. Sponsor or Owner
• Meaning of sponsorship
• Types of URLs
• URL extension
• Owner’s reason for presenting the information
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17. Evaluating Currency
• Print Material
• Time elapsed from writing to publication
– Age of references
– Date and edition of a publication
• Web sites
– Date of most recent revision
– Web site stability
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18. Evaluating Content
• Elements to consider
– Intended audience
– Purpose and scope
– Objectivity
– Accuracy and verifiability
– Overall quality
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19. Evaluating Multimedia
Use same criteria as for other information
• Evaluate the resource.
• Evaluate the authority.
• Evaluate the currency of the resource and information.
• Evaluate the content itself.
• Additional criteria
• Functionality
• Usability
• Accessibility
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20. Chapter Summary
• The Importance of Critical Analysis
• Evaluating Resources
• Evaluating Authority
• Evaluating Currency
• Evaluating the Content
• Evaluating Multimedia
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