Group 3 (group name?)

Group Members:

Give this source the CRAP Test:

Recovered Memory Project. org 

• 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 is 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:

 The article we are referring to is current because it has been written in July of 2007 which is current enough for our individual topics for our research. The information included in the resource is informative because it delivers information about an opinion that is not balanced. Also, the opinion is biased because while a variety of different scientific sources say "yes" because you can forget a traumatic experience, while the website's organization says "no". The author does provide sources and references to further his point. "The Recovered Memory Project" was written and sponsored by the organization, which holds a good repuation and is trustworthy/reputable. The publisher's interest is "to bring together the extensive and growing evidence of cases ignored or overlooked by self-described skeptics of various sorts" (The Recovered Memory Project). The website does not contain any advertisements and does not try to sell readers anything.

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