Source evaluation checklist

Judge a source before relying on it.

All levels

Fields

• Who: author expertise — Example: Professor of education, 40 publications
• Where: venue and peer review — Example: Journal with stated double-blind review
• When: currency — Example: 2022 — current
• What: evidence and method — Example: RCT, n=400
• Why: purpose and bias — Example: Funded by a publisher? check
• Decision — Example: Use as core evidence for RQ1