The CRAAP Test –  Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose

The CRAAP Test refers to the acronym “CRAAP” – Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose (Blakeslee 2004). Educated, literate audiences consider the Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose of information when trying to evaluate its credibility and reliability. Currency Current research may reinforce or, alternatively, repudiate prior research. Human knowledge — Relevance Does the information directly ...