Evaluation of Research

Evaluation of Research

Today with a lot of information available in different format and forms it is very critical to have it evaluated properly in order to present credible research. To provide reliable, relevant, and bias free information the students should carefully review research to ensure that it meets the guidelines for writing.

To make sure that the information is credible or reliable the students should pay attention "to proof of facts" (Litman, 2011, p. 7). Credibility of information depends on facts, statistics, and evidence; also, the students have to make sure that information agrees with personal knowledge and with other specialists in the field. In addition it is very important to see the publication of the source, either it "scholarly or peer-reviewed" (Litman, 2011, p. 7). According to Bell (2009), these article are written by researches and practitioners in particular subject areas and information includes footnotes, bibliography, or references.

Another important aspect on searching is making sure that the information bias free. The students have to make sure that this "information has balanced presentation of opposing perspectives" (Litman, 2011, p. 7). In any publicity the author should not make any point of view critically. The reader should be responsible making his or her own decision on a particular topic. To make sure that the author uses proper tone of language in publication also make a major role on bias free information (Bell, 2009). Not appropriate language use is not suitable for any scholar research because of lack of ethics and morality.