11 March 2008

CRAAP Test

I did the CRAAP test on the Improbable Research website.
Currency
It seemed relatively current. The only date that I saw was that it was published in Sept./Oct. of 1999. It didn't seem like the site had been updated or revised since it was originally posted. It seems current but it's just random to me. The links on the page are functional.
Relevance
It answers my nonexistent questions about how cats react to men with beards. I think it was more for entertainment because it's all really random. I could be for people who are really interested in cats.
Authority
Annals of Improbable Research seems to be the author. It doesn't really show any credentials given on the page. The writers don't seem really qualified to do the experiments. It was a .com website. I didn't see any contact information on the page.
Accuracy
The information seemed to come from a bunch of college students. It is clear what their intentions are. It seemed more like a science project because of how they wrote up their "findings". It was like the ones that are done in Junior High. The language doesn't seem biased and I didn't see any spelling or grammar mistakes, but I also wasn't paying that close attention to the spelling or grammar.
Purpose
Its purpose was mainly to entertain the readers. They make a purpose clear in the beginning. Because it is set up like a science project, their intentions are clear in the Abstract of the project. Its mainly opinion because some of the things they tested aren't really the easiest thing to test, like how much hair was shed. It was objective in a way. It didn't seem to had any biases.

1 comment:

cari chapman said...

I also analyzed this website. It was very funny and really full of crap. All of the sources had ridiculus titles and were by famous people like Doctor Suess. It looked like an accurate credible website; however after taking a closer look at it, it was nothing but entertaining. It would be interesting to find out if this experiment could actually be done.