Danielle Brown
Week 3
XBCOM/275

Some reasons you might consider data or information to lack validity, credibility, or reliability is very simple as long as a little critical thinking is involved. There are so many sources of data or information in the world today as well as people distributing it, that it’s hard to know what to believe. You have the Internet with sights like Facebook, twitter, as well as other news websites. You have the Television that has numerous information channels as well as what you can read at your local library. How do we filter out the biased, untrue information from todays…well biased and skeleton closeted world? With critical thinking, that’s our biggest weapon these days in filtering out the truth! No matter what outlet your trying to get your information from there is always one go to that can tell you more than you would think and that’s the source of this information. Authors are who gives us the information we seek, they can also give us the wrong information. Websites like Wikipedia, Ask.com, and Yahoo answers are big no-no’s in the credibility world. Sure some of the information may be accurate after tons of filtering and research but because anyone can just post their opinion, it doesn’t make it 100% credible. Most websites have a link to a page about the author where you can learn what this persons strong suits are on knowledge and information, to determine if they were a good resource or not to be giving the information. For instance when doing research on America’s top three ice cream flavors, taking information from an author who most accurate knowledge is in candy bar sales might not be your best resource. Another important way to rule out an unbiased opinions would be to, as I’ve said before, consider the source. Let’s say you have a man on trial for raping a woman but there is a sixty percent chance he could be