Examples
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Bias
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Examples
Quiz

What about these sites?


Take a look at these sites in terms of creator/author, bias, accuracy and usability:

   Scenario: You're looking for pictures of planets...


   Scenario: You're looking for information on planets...


Here is some corresponding information that may be helpful:

  •   Web Site #1: About.com Clipart ---  Commercial site, lots of ads, mostly clipart not photos, includes items such as alien world background
     
  •   Web Site #2:  NASA Image Gallery --- US Government site, no ads, photographs
     
  •    Web Site #3:  SETI Institute --- SETI stands for Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, private non-profit organization, scholarly, ties to NASA, although often known for it’s Life in the Universe research project
     
  •   Web Site #4:  Astronomers.net of Feenixx, Inc. Web-Shops.net --- Sells variety of items, including UFO section
     
  •   Web Site #5:  Solar System Exploration on NASA site --- scholarly, first hand information
     
  •   Web Site #6:  Sci-Fi Site --- Disclaimer at bottom of home page states the site is solely for entertainment  (Visit a planet link, scroll to the bottom, and click the Home button...)