HOW DOES THIS SITE RATE?

The reviews are based on 5 criterion as follows:

AUTHORITY
                          Is it clear who is responsible for the contents of the page?
                          Are the qualifications or credentials given?
                          Is there a way of verifying the legitimacy of this individual?

 ACCURACY
                          Are the sources for any factual information clearly listed so they can be verified in another source?
                          Are there any grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors? 

OBJECTIVITY
                          Are the person's biases clearly stated?
                          If there is advertisements with in the site, are they separate from the informational content? 

CURRENCY
                          Are there dates on the page (When the page was written, copyrighted, first published, or last revised)?
                          Has the information been revised?

COVERAGE
                          Is there an indication that the page has been completed, and is not still under construction?

MY REVIEW
1. AUTHORITY:    The Math Forum has taken complete responsibility of information given and individuals who provide information
                               also list their credentials. This information can be verifiable through other sites and resources.

2. ACCURACY:    Sources are identified within the web site. The information can be verified through links or other sources.
                                The site has accurate basic grammar and spelling. The accuracy in my opinion is very good.

3. OBJECTIVITY: This site has all objectives clearly stated and there are no advertisements through out the given information.

4. CURRENCY:    This site is copyrighted 2003 and is updated on a daily basis.  The copyright is The Math Forum.

5. COVERAGE:     This site is complete and provides specific information to the a variety of topics.

This evaluation technique used is found at Evaluation Web Resources, Evaluating Internet Resources, and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources.

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