Gathering Evidence on Gun Violence
Gathering Evidence on Gun Violence
Gathering Evidence
Subject 1: Impact of laws on gun control in reducing gun violence in the United States. Source: The Effectiveness of Legislation Controlling Gun Usage: A Holistic Measure of Gun Control Legislation by Ik-Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Back in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, volume 64, issue 2, April 2005, pages 533-537
Evaluation:
1. Authority-10 The author Ik-Whan G. Kwan is a professor of Decision Sciences at John Cook School of Business, St. Louis University. He has published 125 academic articles and papers in numerous journals. Dan Baack is an expert in advertising, brand management and international marketing. Both of the authors have high credibility and are experts in their field, as well as publishing and writing other articles and papers that are respected. 2. Accuracy-6 This article does not have any citations, but due to the background of both of the authors and the fact it is published in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, I am giving credit. 3. Currency-8 This article was written in 2005. It is a little out of date considering all the gun control issues we have going on currently. It was updated February of 2012, so certain things are could be a little more accurate.
Subject: Managing time in today's society. Source: Average Americans Sleep Too Much, Says Bureau Of Labor Statistics. Where Are They, And What Is Their Secret? by Brianna Roglin on http://www.blisstree.com/2012/09/24/sex-relationships/sleep/americans-get-too-much-sleep-says-bureau-of-labor-statistics-889.
Evaluation:
1. Authority-5 Although the author Briana Roghlin is deputy editor in chief of Blisstree.com, I haven’t seen any peer review on this specific article. She does have other articles but a lot of them are personal blogs, which can’t be professionally edited. I do give her credit for being a deputy editor in chief because she has some kind of writing experience, but I
Gathering Evidence
Subject 1: Impact of laws on gun control in reducing gun violence in the United States. Source: The Effectiveness of Legislation Controlling Gun Usage: A Holistic Measure of Gun Control Legislation by Ik-Whan G. Kwon and Daniel W. Back in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, volume 64, issue 2, April 2005, pages 533-537
Evaluation:
1. Authority-10 The author Ik-Whan G. Kwan is a professor of Decision Sciences at John Cook School of Business, St. Louis University. He has published 125 academic articles and papers in numerous journals. Dan Baack is an expert in advertising, brand management and international marketing. Both of the authors have high credibility and are experts in their field, as well as publishing and writing other articles and papers that are respected. 2. Accuracy-6 This article does not have any citations, but due to the background of both of the authors and the fact it is published in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, I am giving credit. 3. Currency-8 This article was written in 2005. It is a little out of date considering all the gun control issues we have going on currently. It was updated February of 2012, so certain things are could be a little more accurate.
Subject: Managing time in today's society. Source: Average Americans Sleep Too Much, Says Bureau Of Labor Statistics. Where Are They, And What Is Their Secret? by Brianna Roglin on http://www.blisstree.com/2012/09/24/sex-relationships/sleep/americans-get-too-much-sleep-says-bureau-of-labor-statistics-889.
Evaluation:
1. Authority-5 Although the author Briana Roghlin is deputy editor in chief of Blisstree.com, I haven’t seen any peer review on this specific article. She does have other articles but a lot of them are personal blogs, which can’t be professionally edited. I do give her credit for being a deputy editor in chief because she has some kind of writing experience, but I