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Problem
Choose one of the bulleted statements below and then try to confirm or disconfirm the assertion via your research. Having done this, answer each of the three questions below.
1. Sketcher's Shape-Up shoes tone your muscles and promote weight loss.
2. The training that takes place at Olive Garden's "Tuscany Institute is the secret behind the restaurant's great tasting food.
3. Charlie Sheen has been chosen to star in a remake of the classic film It's a Wonderful Life.
4. The energy drink Four Loko is dangerous.
5. World of Warcraft is the most popular online game of the last ten years.
6. Cellphone radiation causes brain tumors.
7. Organic food is more healthful than typical store bought food.
8. The composer Richard Wagner was a racist and anti-Semite whose music Hitler enjoyed and employed to further his Nazi political agenda.
9. Subscriptions to online pornography sites are more prevalent in states where surveys indicate conservative positions on religion, gender roles, and sexuality.
10. Teen virginity pledges are effective in reducing the percentage of teens who have sex and in reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies among teenagers.
11. Daddy-longlegs spiders are extremely venomous but their fangs are too small to pierce human skin.
12. You are more likely to be bitten by a person than a dog.
A. What were the results of your research? Were you able to confirm or disconfirm the assertion? How? Express your answer in a single paragraph.
B. What source or sources did you use? If it's a web source, please include the website name and URL.
C. Choose your primary source and evaluate it based on the Twelve Characteristics of a Trustworthy Source as outlined in the reading "Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources Download Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources." You should explain how your source meets or fails to meet the standards of EACH of the 12 characteristics. For example, is your source learned in topic X? Is your source truthful? Is your source unconstrained? Etc.