Dora is writing a research paper over safety of SUVs. Her thesis is that SUVs are a risk to drivers' safety. She has decided to use the Internet for part of her research study. After doing a search for SUV safety, she comes across an article on the homepage for the National Highway and Traffic Administration about the problems with SUVs. The article is credited to Professor Gerard Hicks, a Harvard engineer who once worked for a major manufacturer of SUVs in the U.S. Dora bookmarks the site and continues to research. Later, she comes across a website called www.SUVgreatness.com. There is a commentary that is written by an anonymous source about SUVs are safer than any other car in the market.

What is one way for Dora to decide which is the more credible source to use?

The National Highway and Traffic Administration is the more credible because it came before the SUVgreatness site when Dora did a search.
The www.SUVgreatness.com site has a piece that agrees with her thesis, so it's the more credible.
The www.SUVgreatness.com article is the more credible because it's a commentary and not an article.
The National Highway and Traffic Administration gives the name of the author of the article, so it's more credible.

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Dora is writing a research paper over safety of SUVs. Her thesis is that SUVs are a risk to drivers' safety. She has decided to use the Internet for part of her research study. After doing a search for SUV safety, she comes across an article on the homepage for the National Highway and Traffic Administration about the problems with SUVs. The article is credited to Professor Gerard Hicks, a Harvard engineer who once worked for a major manufacturer of SUVs in the U.S. Dora bookmarks the site and continues to research. Later, she comes across a website called www.SUVgreatness.com. There is a commentary that is written by an anonymous source about SUVs are safer than any other car in the market.

What is one way for Dora to decide which is the more credible source to use?

The National Highway and Traffic Administration is the more credible because it came before the SUVgreatness site when Dora did a search.
    The www.SUVgreatness.com site has a piece that agrees with her thesis, so it's the more credible.
    The www.SUVgreatness.com article is the more credible because it's a commentary and not an article.
    The National Highway and Traffic Administration gives the name of the author of the article, so it's more credible.

anonymous · Answer

just out of curiosity, what would you assume is the most correct answer?

anonymous · Answer

anyway though, D is the more credible answer.

anonymous · Answer

sorry i was doing something i do process of elimination A and D were more credible to me

anonymous · Answer

you're on the right track, nice. :)