Unit 3 · Lesson 3• 26 min
Evaluating Source Quality
Today's lesson
EvaluatingSourceQuality
Not all sources deserve equal weight in a…
Quick Check
1. Which of these most strongly signals a high-quality academic source?
2. A scientific theory that is compatible with any possible observation, with nothing that could ever count against it, is described as:
3. When citing a source to a lay judge, what is most persuasive?
Answer all 3 questions to check.
A challenge round will appear here shortly.
Takeaway
Explicitly compare source quality out loud in speeches — peer review, expertise, and falsifiability are concrete…