User:Chasemwh/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Economic mobility

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Economic mobility is an important topic that can be highly important to a large portion of the population. The potential for economic mobility can potentially drive a lot of important decisions, such as going to college or not. My initial impression was that it seems to have a lot of quality information but I was surprised that it wasn't a longer article given that it can be such a robust topic. I feel like some additional information can be added.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section: The lead section has a good introductory sentence that describes the topic but it does not include a brief description of the articles major sections. The lead section is concise, maybe a little too concise. Some additional information on the upcoming major sections could be useful.

Content: All of the current content is relevant to the topic and seems to be up to date. I would say there is some potential content missing. The article goes over the difference in economic mobility between black and white families, but no other minority groups. This is content that could potentially be added. As an example, a 2012 book titled "Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class" by Ferreira et al. could have some useful information. The worldwide section is fairly small and could likely have additional content added based on current research availability.

Tone and Balance: Overall, the article reads fairly neutral and doesn't seem overly biased or persuasive.

Sources and References: The majority, if not all, of the facts seem to be backed by a reliable secondary source of information, mainly peer-reviewed publications or scholarly articles and books. The majority of the citations are from 2000 to 2010, so a little more up to date information could be useful if it is available, especially with changes in our economic landscape over the last couple of years. I clicked on 5 links and they all worked.

Organization and writing quality: I found the article clear and easy to read with no apparent grammatical or spelling errors. The article is well organized into its sub-topics.

Images and Media: The article goes contain one picture and two graphs that enhance the understanding of the topic but could probably use more. A graph in the education section that shows the average increase in income based on education level could be helpful as an example. Another example could be a visual representation of the different types of economic mobility. The images that are there are well captioned and laid out in a visually appealing way.

Overall impression: Overall, the article is informative and has strong information in the topics it covers but could probably include additional information regarding other minority groups as well as other additional topics. The article could use more pictures as well.