Question

Which characteristic best shows that research information is reliable? The research provides sources with no authors listed. The research comes from a business website. The research uses recent data from a university website. The research uses 40-year-old statistics from a government website.

Answer 1

Answer: I think that the answer is “The research uses recent data from a university website.”

Step-by-step explanation:

A: A reliable source has the authors listed.

B: If research comes from a business website, it might be biased. It depends on what the topic is; businesses say great things about them and everything horrible about their competition.

D: You can’t use information from the past because things might have changed throughout time and it might be wrong now.

That leaves us with C: It has recent data that is from a university which means that this would not be biased and it is not from the past.

C is the best answer for this question.

I hope I explained this well.

Please tell me if I am wrong.

Answer 2

The research uses recent data from a university website.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the options listed, the one that shows reliability of the research is that the research uses recent data from a university website. In order for research to be completely reliable the data needs to be current and up-to-date, and it also needs to come from a transparent and verifiable source. A University is both of these things, it is easily verifiable and accredited meaning that the information that becomes available through this medium is highly reliable and current.