Assignment: Evaluate a Popular Scientific Article

For one of your rhetorical analysis this week, do an evaluation of a popular scientific article.

To do this assignment:

1) Find and re-read the post, "Evidence: Not all Evidence is Created Equal." You were to have read and explored this site severl weeks ago, but if you haven't, follow the link from the blog post to the site on Evidence. There, click "Enter" to enter the English site.
2) On the new page which loads, follow the link, "Can you believe it?"
3) There you will find the seven questions you need to ask of any scientific article or claim. You will use these questions to evaluate your popular scientific article.
4) To evaluate anything, you need to have criteria you can use to judge. In the case of the science article you evaluate, you will use the questions on the link "Can you believe it?" Your goal is to take your article and decide if you should believe the claims being made in it.
5) As you ask each question of the article, take notes on your answer. You will use these notes to write a draft of a text in which you explain your reasoning.
6) Bring a copy of your article, your notes, and a draft of your evaluation to class today.

Steve