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ARGUMENT<br />

Tip 14<br />

How to assess the<br />

value of sources<br />

Not all sources are of equal quality. It is therefore<br />

important for students to assess the value of the<br />

sources they use. Please draw their attention to the<br />

following points:<br />

Question the sources.<br />

Examples of<br />

strategies<br />

› Who is the author?<br />

› When was it written? Especially in the case of<br />

numbers, consider whether they are recent<br />

enough and still valid.<br />

› Where does the information come from?<br />

› Who has an interest in seeing this information<br />

published (bias)?<br />

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