Review the following sections, and address each element in your initial discussion forum post:

• Information Literacy and Research
  • From reading this portion of the case study, list the stage(s) of the research process that your candidate demonstrates.
  • Explain how the candidate's sources and information searching can be impacted by bias.
  • Predict one form of bias that could impact your candidate.
  • Share how that form of bias might be impacting your candidate and your own research.
• Authority and Accuracy elements of the CRAAPO test
  • Explain why (or why not) the sources pass the authority and accuracy elements of the CRAAPO test. In other words,
    • Who is the author? If there is no author, which organization is responsible for the content?
    • Why is the author qualified to write on this topic?
    • Is there contact information, such as a publisher or an email address?
    • Does the URL reveal anything about the author or source (for example, .com, .edu, .gov, .org, .net)?
  • Evidence provided to support the accuracy of the information in this source (Online popular sources often link to supporting sources rather than cite them. Newspaper and magazine articles may use interviews as evidence.) In other words,
    • Has the information been reviewed?
    • Does the language or tone seem unbiased and free of emotion?
    • Are there spelling, grammatical, or other typographical errors?