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Read the scenario about Alex. Then choose the best way to complete the sentence.
Scenario
Alex is writing a research paper about airbags in cars. Her claim is that airbags only help passengers in auto accidents if the passengers are wearing their seatbelts. She has decided to use the Internet for part of her research paper. After doing a search for airbags, she comes across an article on the homepage of the Department of Motor Vehicles with statistics regarding airbag effectiveness with and without seatbelts. The article is credited to Jake Mitchell, an emergency room doctor from Omaha, Nebraska, and clearly states that airbag effectiveness greatly increases when seatbelts are used. She bookmarks the site and continues to conduct research. Later, she comes across a website called CarStuff.com. It contains a commentary written by an anonymous author that says seatbelts are pointless now that most cars have two airbags.

Alex decides that the (Department of Motor Vehicles/ Carstuff.com commentary) article
is more credible because it (agrees w her claim/was posted online more recently/challenges her claim/provides the name of qualified author.).
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After reading the scenario about Alex and her search for credible sources, we can complete the sentence in the following manner:

Alex decides that the Department of Motor Vehicles article  is more credible because it provides the name of qualified author.

What is a credible source?

  • We should not use a source simply because it agrees with our claim/opinion. A source is only credible when it can actually prove what it claims to be true or not. Examples of credible sources are articles written by experts who have thoroughly studied the topic.
  • That is the case with Alex's search for credible sources. The article on CarStuff could have been written by anyone. On the other hand, the article of the Department of Motor Vehicles was written by an expert - a doctor who has knowledge of airbag effectiveness.
  • Therefore, Alex should choose the article of the Department of Motor Vehicles because it provides the name of a qualified author, that is, an expert.

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