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General Evaluation Considerations |
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Because there
are so many millions, and someday, billions. of pages of information on
the Internet and the Web, it can be an overwhelming task to find the
precise information needed at a particular time, and to decide whether
to believe it and use it or not. |
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Criteria for developing virtual data |
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Some criteria
have to be applied to the reams of data in order to organize them and
to evaluate them. These criteria are available, not surprisingly, on
the Internet.
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Critical questions for review of
information |
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When critical
thinking strategies are applied to the evaluation of information on the
Internet, the researcher utilizes a series of questions designed to
analyze the data according to standards of logic and accuracy. |
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Activities to practice critical review |
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The practice of
applying these criteria or standards to information presented on the
Internet develops a skeptical view or disposition which is necessary to
the informed and critical consumer of information. |
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Note: Traditional print evaluation techniques have been
adapted to the evaluation of Web pages. The evaluation of Internet
resources is a subset of information evaluation in general.
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