Question: What Is a Trustworthy Research Article?

The most important factor that should convince you to conclude that a scientific research article is trustworthy is:

A. The inclusion of a large amount of data and graphs.

B. The senior author is a well-known scientist or medical doctor with expertise in a field of science distinct from that of the article.

C. The researchers have a reputation as experts in the field of work that is being reported.

D. The article has been “liked” and retweeted more than 200,000 times.


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