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Quick questions on Assessing reliability of a source explained: O-Level Social Studies
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What is a one-word verdict?Show answer
"Unreliable" with no balancing point misses the top band; weigh a reason to trust against a reason for caution.
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Explain why provenance is more important than content when judging reliability. [2 marks]
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A restaurant owner posts that "our hawker centre is the cleanest and friendliest in Singapore." How reliable is this as evidence of the centre's quality? [3 marks]
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Why is it wrong to call a biased source completely useless? [2 marks]
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