Website URl: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa67/aa67.htm
My topic is keeping the drinking age 21 and my thesis talks about how underage drinking causes health issues; thus, I looked up health issues from underage drinking and this website poped up. I then started the CRAAP test to see if the website was legit.
The currency part of the Craap test passed because the website was posted January 2006 and the publication page, was posted July 2008. The big factor of currency that passed the test, was that all of the reference links were still active. (no link responded "page not found.") The next part of the Craap test was relevance. The article is relevant to me because it supports how underage drinking effects the brain, liver, and growth of the endocrine. The intended audience is people reading about adolescents drinking. The website has authority because the sponser is the NIAAA and the U.S. department of health and human services. The Url reveals NIAAA and contains (.gov). The website has accuracy because there is no misspelled words and contains correct comma usage. The data in the article has line graphs and links of where it came from. The tone is not bias, it is straight forward. The last part of the the test that went through was the purpose. In the article, the purpose is to inform people about the effects of underage drinking. The website is factual because evidence is greatly supported.
With all of the procedures of the Craap test out of the way, this website will pass and I will use it for my paper. (:
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15 years ago
I believe this website is a good research page. Like you said, its a .gov website, which is legit. I also clicked through some links and they all seem to be functional.It is also a really good website because it shows visual evidence! I give this website a thumbs up :)
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