Group 3

 

First, go to the proper database and locate the source below for which you are writing an annotation. Raise your hand and let me know that you have found it! Then go ahead and give that source the CRAP test and write your annotation below.

 

Names of your group members:   Francisco Fonseca, Jasmine Salas, Erin  Novak

 

 

Source for which you are writing an annotation:

From Academic Search Premier: 

 Mandel, Michael, and Pete Engardio. "THE REAL COST OF OFFSHORING. (Cover Story)." Business week.4039 (2007): 28-34.

 

 

Give this source the CRAP Test:

 

  • Currency -
    • How recent is the information? 
    • How recently has the website been updated?
    • Is it current enough for your topic?
  • Reliability -
    • What kind of information is included in the resource? 
    • Is content of the resource primarily opinion?  Is it balanced? 
    • Does the creator provide references or sources for data or quotations?
  • Authority -
    • Who is the creator or author?
    • What are the credentials?
    • Who is the published or sponsor?
    • Are they reputable? 
    • What is the publisher's interest (if any) in this information?
    • Are there advertisements on the website? 
  • Purpose/Point of View -
    • Is this fact or opinion?
    • Is it biased?
    • Is the creator/author trying to sell you something?

 

Now write the annotation based on the CRAP test. 

Write a sentence or two about the resource based on the criteria and the questions above. 

 

Annotation:

 Citicizing the real cost of offshoring, this article is reliable to a certain extent in which the purpose of the article is to convey opinionated  information.  The article is however, recent in its context and it is a cover story in a magazine which proves it reliability. 

 


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