University Academic Writing: CRAAP Test Analysis Assignment

This document presents a comprehensive analysis of an academic writing sample using the CRAAP test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose). The analysis evaluates the provided text based on these five criteria, assessing the timeliness of information, its applicability to the topic, the credibility of the source and author, the factual correctness of the data, and the intended use of the information. The analysis highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the writing sample in each of these areas, providing a detailed evaluation of the text's overall quality and reliability. The document examines how the text addresses contemporary social issues, the relevance of its sources, and the author's perspective, supported by statistical data and comparative parameters. It also evaluates the article's authority, accuracy, and purpose, considering the sources used and the author's justification for their choices. This analysis is particularly useful for students and academic personnel seeking to extract data and make their own arguments, offering a clear and structured approach to source evaluation.

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Academic Writing
Student’s Name
University Name
Author’s Note

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Currency
The article is really meant because the information provided here are recent and collected from
sources which are documented after 2015. The reference of the theories and ideas of research
scholar that has been provided here for argument recent are most relevant. It can also be argued
that the relation with 1960 that has been provided here comes from articles that use the very
recently documented theories (Loftus & Fuchs, 2016). Considering currency, you can also be
highlighted that the topic that is selected for discussion in the article is also relevant and is
contextual to contemporary social issues that affects larger social groups.
Relevance
Looking at the sources used for developing this article, can be highlighted that the most recent
impacts on the society that has occurred because of the discrimination and partial evaluation of
success has been considered. Considering this present it, I shall be highlighted that the
compilation of data and arguments are not elementary and successfully complements the
academic standards against which the text has been used in recent times. The difference of the
article other commonplace works is established for the fact that the arguments presented here in
this article are not articulated from a one sided perspective. On the contrary, it can be argued that
multifarious and multidimensional perspectives of weaker section have been established through
this article which provides an overview of almost all perceptions regarding the topic.
Nevertheless, the author’s arguments in critically reflected against each empirical view present in
the article which makes it relevant as a discussion and argumentation.
The relevance of the article is also articulated to the fact that current statistics like success rate in
academic , athletics as well as other aspects of life have been considered as a parents for

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comparison between the to success. By means of statistical data analysis, research has provided
with articulated charts, graphs and tables that makes the analysis easy to understand and relate
with. Nevertheless, making an unbiased and non-determined analysis of the comparative
parameters based on which the two sexes have been compared here, can be commented that the
relevance of the article is well established.
Authority
Regarding the opportunity of this article, it should be specified that this information is very
relevant for the students or other academic personnel who are using this task to extract data for
making their own analysis or argument. The education level of the author as well as his all
relations should be known to the students for other Academy people who are using this article as
reference in near personalized works. In this case, 30 of the article is primarily established from
the fact that it has been published from a reputed Publication Like The Economist which has the
preposition of composing articles by the most critical and well acclaimed journalists (Glick &
Fiske, 2018). Authority in citing a source establishes a trust boundary between the reader and the
author of the works. This is why, testing and identifying the authority of an article is most
important for a researcher.
Accuracy
Testing the accuracy of an article is very essential because there should be relevant evidence
supporting the information that is documented in the text and provided for arguments of the
scholar. In this context, it can be committed in favor of the article that there are data and
presentations have been source from trusted publications like the official OECD articles. In fact,

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raw data published from time to time in the previous articles of The Economist have also been
sourced here for argumentation.
Purpose
The purpose of the sources from where the author of the article has source his information or
arguments is also essential for the students, who are citing this article in their works. Certain
aspects as well as ranges of information should be considered while the other is justifying the
purpose of the sources he uses to write this article. In this context, the majority of information
has been source from opinion or propaganda which measure the political, ideological, social
logical or of personal level (Booksmythe et al. 2019). Hence, it can be articulated that the
purpose of the sources used by the author of this article is justified and appropriate for
complimenting the weightage of a contemporary topic like this.

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Reference List
Booksmythe, I., Mautz, B., Davis, J., Nakagawa, S., & Jennions, M. D. (2017). Facultative
adjustment of the offspring sex ratio and male attractiveness: a systematic review and
meta‐analysis. Biological Reviews, 92(1), 108-134.
Glick, P., & Fiske, S. T. (2018). The ambivalent sexism inventory: Differentiating hostile and
benevolent sexism. In Social Cognition (pp. 116-160). Routledge.
Loftus, P., & Fuchs, V. (2016). The Weaker Sex? Vulnerable Men, Resilient Women, and
Variations in Sex Differences in Mortality Since 1900.