Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question
What will be an ideal response?
The researcher can ask any questions listed below. Researchers should seek the assistance of others to help answer any of these questions. The others should be more proficient than themselves to be able to help authenticate the material in question. Examples of people who are more proficient are: handwriting experts, scientists for carbon dating, linguists knowledgeable in writing dialects or period styles, and other specialists.
• Who wrote the source (primary or secondary)?
• What is the authenticity, authority, bias/interest, and intelligibility of the source?
• What was the view of the event or phenomenon when the document was written?
• What or who was the intended audience?
• What sources were privileged or ignored in the narrative?
• Do other sources from the period refer to the source in any way?
• What evidence is offered or compiled?
• In what historical context was the document itself written?
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