User:Cristiancuev/Evaluate an Article

Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: (link) Clinical research
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate. ~I chose to evaluate this article as it is about clinical research and I was thinking a lot about the paper we had annotated for last weeks assignment doing the experiments on mice. There is a lot of safety precautions that need to be done in experiments especially when the test subjects are human.

Lead

 * Guiding questions


 * Does the Lead include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic? ~Yes it does do this as it tells me right away what the article is about and gives me a definition of clinical research which is the main topic of the article.
 * Does the Lead include a brief description of the article's major sections? ~The lead did not include a description of the major sections. It described clinical research then went on to talk about the overview and phases.
 * Does the Lead include information that is not present in the article? ~The lead did talk about the difference between clinical research and clinical practice and I didn't find much talk about that later on in the article.
 * Is the Lead concise or is it overly detailed? ~The lead is very concise only a few sentence that are straight to the point.

Content

 * Guiding questions


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic? ~The content is relevant to clinical research as it talks about different medical organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration, better known as the FDA, and the process they have to go through to make sure that there research being done is safe and effective for the patients involved.
 * Is the content up-to-date?~The last time the article was edited was on July 25th, 2020 which is very recent.
 * Is there content that is missing or content that does not belong?~In the lead the article talked about clinical studies but didn't say much about it later on which I believe could help being in better content to the overall article.
 * Does the article deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps? Does it address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics?~It does not address topics that are underrepresented it is simply explaining to the readers what clinical research is and the process that takes place when the research is being done.

Tone and Balance

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 * Is the article neutral?~I believe the article is neutral as it is just explaining what clinical research is and what takes place during clinical research.
 * Are there any claims that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?~I wouldn't say that it is biased but the article does focus on the Food and Drug Administration compared to other medical fields that clinical research takes place.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?~I believe there is a good balance for all of the viewpoints being show in the article as it explains what is the process that goes through when deciding if the research being done is efficient and safe.
 * Does the article attempt to persuade the reader in favor of one position or away from another?~No it does not, it is simply teaching the reader what clinical research is all about.

Sources and References

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 * Are all facts in the article backed up by a reliable secondary source of information?~There are several secondary sources that are used to back up the statements being made in the article.
 * Are the sources thorough - i.e. Do they reflect the available literature on the topic?~They are thorough as they all focus around the clinical research and clinical trials that have been made that have successfully been done effectively and safely.
 * Are the sources current?~The oldest source is of 2008 and the newest source is from 2017 so overall I believe that the sources are current enough to provide good information.
 * Are the sources written by a diverse spectrum of authors? Do they include historically marginalized individuals where possible?~The sources come from different books, journals, and organizations that come from Authors with different nationalities.
 * Check a few links. Do they work?~All of the links worked.

Organization

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 * Is the article well-written - i.e. Is it concise, clear, and easy to read?~The article was very clear and easy for me to read. There was multiple abbreviations throughout the article but they were all written out before the abbreviations were used.
 * Does the article have any grammatical or spelling errors?~I did not see no grammatical or spelling errors throughout the article.
 * Is the article well-organized - i.e. broken down into sections that reflect the major points of the topic?~There were only two sections in the article but they were all very well written out and also had links at the end which further explained the major points.

Images and Media

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 * Does the article include images that enhance understanding of the topic?~There is no images being used in the article.
 * Are images well-captioned?~There is no image used in the article.
 * Do all images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations?~There is no images used in the article.
 * Are the images laid out in a visually appealing way?~There is no images in the article.

Checking the talk page

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 * What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?~There is only one comment in the talk section. The comment is agreeing with a point that is made in the article as different information can be brought out by base data.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?~I found this article in the C-class link used in the Wiki Education Dashboard. The article is of interest for three different wikiprojects.
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?~In the research paper we annotated last week, it did talk about the experiments that would be done but it did not talk much about the clinical research being done prior in order to choose mice as the models for the experiment.

Overall impressions

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 * What is the article's overall status?~The overall status of the article is good.
 * What are the article's strengths?~The strengths of the article is that it is very easy to read and if there is additional information being brought in there are links for further research on that certain information.
 * How can the article be improved?~I believe the article can improve by adding more about clinical research being done in different medical organizations and not just the FDA.
 * How would you assess the article's completeness - i.e. Is the article well-developed? Is it underdeveloped or poorly developed?~I believe the article overall is well-developed when it comes to talking about what exactly is clinical research.

Optional activity

 * Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback

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 * Link to feedback: Talk:Clinical research