When checking an author’s credibility, one should be sure that he or she is “well-informed about the area and aware of all the relevant issues” (Harris 36). Bullock agrees to this idea when he mentions that “to be useful, authorities must be reputable, trustworthy, and qualified to address the subject” (328). Brown’s article states that “a total of 112 male and female undergraduate students at Connecticut College were surveyed about their social skills, social anxiety, technology use, and technology preference” (ii). She clearly has a lot of knowledge about modern technology and how to effectively test subject’s reactions to it. By testing a large number of subjects, her results are more likely to be
When checking an author’s credibility, one should be sure that he or she is “well-informed about the area and aware of all the relevant issues” (Harris 36). Bullock agrees to this idea when he mentions that “to be useful, authorities must be reputable, trustworthy, and qualified to address the subject” (328). Brown’s article states that “a total of 112 male and female undergraduate students at Connecticut College were surveyed about their social skills, social anxiety, technology use, and technology preference” (ii). She clearly has a lot of knowledge about modern technology and how to effectively test subject’s reactions to it. By testing a large number of subjects, her results are more likely to be