A three is given if the author does not have much background knowledge, the publisher is little known, clearly biased, the information is still significant, but hasn’t been updated in a while, has several questionable sources, and the information is difficult to find. A rating of a two means the author, and the publisher is not that known at all, has the information going toward one side only, was fifteen to twenty years old, not reliable sources, and very difficult to access. A one rating means the author and the publisher is unheard of, completely opinioned, old information, includes information that is not important, and it is not possible to access the source. The author needs to be popular, has a lot of background knowledge, and is credible by providing data from other sources The next category is publisher because it is important to know if the journal is well known in the field, which means more people will read it. Another category is if the article is biased. By biased it means …show more content…
The author considers this test as fair, because the grader does not know the race or ethnicity of the test taker. There are fee-waivers to help pay for the student’s test. This article is also different than all the other sources because it is supporting the