Source Evaluation Studio
Score authority, accuracy, currency and technical depth before a source enters your proposal.
Source Evaluation Studio
Score authority, accuracy, currency and technical depth before a source enters your proposal.
Learning objectives
- Apply a ten-dimension credibility rubric
- Recognize promotional, outdated and unverifiable sources
- Decide what a source may and may not support
FE Civil connection
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Handbook §1 — Engineer's duty to the public (placeholder)
- Is an undated vendor white paper acceptable for a capacity claim?
- What credibility risk arises from an unnamed author?
- When does a superseded standard still have legitimate use?
Every source in your library should be scored against a consistent rubric — authority, accuracy, currency, objectivity, relevance and engineering rigor — before it earns a place in Chapter 2.