While doing research for a newspaper article on different career salaries, Lucinda finds a broad range of salaries for nurses when she consults three different .com websites.

What would you suggest to Lucinda as a better research tool for her article?
A.
Lucinda should use the information from the .com websites; they’re extremely reliable.
B.
Lucinda should change the topic of her article and use those websites’ information on teachers’ salaries.
C.
Lucinda should write an e-mail to the websites’ webmasters, asking them if their information is reliable.

Question

While doing research for a newspaper article on different career salaries, Lucinda finds a broad range of salaries for nurses when she consults three different .com websites.
 
What would you suggest to Lucinda as a better research tool for her article? 
A.
Lucinda should use the information from the .com websites; they’re extremely reliable.
B.
Lucinda should change the topic of her article and use those websites’ information on teachers’ salaries.
C.
Lucinda should write an e-mail to the websites’ webmasters, asking them if their information is reliable.

anonymous · Answer

D.
Lucinda should consult .org websites, perhaps one linked with a nurses’ association, or consult a .gov website with national labor statistics on nursing salaries, both of which are more reliable.

anonymous · Answer

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charlotte123 · Answer

Would be D - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_source_examples