EVALUATION CRITERIA

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Below Above
Dimension Poor Average Average Average Excellent
Design Poorly organized; Organization some- Organization accept- Good organization; Excellent organization;
contains obvious what confusing; some able; no obvious no errors; loads clear and free of errors;
errors; loads slowly errors; loads slowly errors; loads ade- quickly loads quickly and
quately completely
Navigability Difficult to find and Navigation links vis- Navigation links clear Navigation links clear Navigation logical and
follow site navigation ible but somewhat and readily available and logical; site map clear; site map and
links confusing included search engine available
Authority Unclear who Author name and Author name, contact Author name, contact Well-regarded author
authored the site contact information information, and information, full provides all necessary
included; but cre- some credential info credentials included information; site is
dentials lacking included linked to by others
Bias Site attempts to per- Site presents facts, Site is mostly neutral; Site contains no Site presents multiple
suade or sell views but some bias is selling pages are attempts to sell or viewpoints with no
evident segregated persuade bias
Citations No citations are evi- Citations are included All sources include All sources are All sources properly
dent on some sources but brief citations, but site properly cited with cited, full bibliography,
not all lacks bibliography site bibliography with active links
Dates No dates evident Site contains creation Site contains both Site contains dates for Site contains creation,
date but no dates for creation and dates creation and update update, and data colupdate information for update information information
and lection dates for all key
some dates relating to information
data colllection
Content Data quality is ques- Data quality appears Data is adequate in Data quality is estab- Data quality is untionable, and quan-
adequate, limited quality and quantity lished, and quantity questioned, and quantity is limited quantity is sufficient for tity provides
excellent
coverage coverage
Links Few relevant working Adequate number of Sufficient number of A good variety of use- Active links to wide
links included links, but many no links, and all are ful, active links variety of excellent
longer functional functional sites