Criteria
are standards that you compare the item in question to. Criteria can be
designated in many ways. Each item produced has criteria it has to pass in
order to be sold. Written documents need to contain enough information to pass
through an editing session.
-Are
there references that have credibility back them?
-Is
the study valid? Did they use ethic methods for measuring and analyzing data?
-Read
the graphs, the headings, figure captions, and see if it makes sense. Do a
quick search to see if they match to other reliable sources.
-Does
the hypothesis match the findings and make sense?
An
example of no truthful information from the article titled: Environmental
effects of increased atmosphere carbon dioxide:
The
Number of Tornados in US is Decreasing: not truthful
Source:
The Weather Channel
> Tornadoes so far in 2011
(Dr. Forbes' preliminary count): 1,243
> Average number of tornadoes in a single year during the past decade: 1,293
> Highest recorded number of tornadoes in a single year: 1,819, in 2003
> Average number of tornadoes in a single year during the past decade: 1,293
> Highest recorded number of tornadoes in a single year: 1,819, in 2003
