The first article “Vaccine Controversies” has been written by Kathy Koch. It also has been published by Congressional Quarterly Inc. The purpose of the article “Vaccines Controversies” is to inform the audience about the pros and cons of vaccines. The author reports what scientists, doctors, healthcare providers, and parents of children suspect about vaccines. So basically, the article …show more content…
Then the author can be described as a restraint author. Which means that the author is not including her own values and opinions in this article. In addition, Koch is not biased toward any side of the argument. Her purpose is to inform rather than to persuade her audience. Which it can be seen that Koch is a professional writer because she is unbiased, and she is a restraint author. However, The author is not an expert in this field. According to CQ Researcher, Kathy Koch is an assistant managing editor of CQ Researcher, which means the author does not have credibility to write about this subject. Moreover, the article is out of date because the article date of publication is August 25 2000 and there has been more than a decade from the date of publication until now.
However, the article got published in CQ Researcher database. CQ Researcher is one of the best sources that most instructors and librarians recommend for students. In addition, every article must be unbiased in order to publish it on the website. Additionally, every article must be reviewed carefully before it gets published on their database. Nevertheless, CQ researcher cannot be fully trusted for one reason. CQ researcher does not specify in one major. It publishes any article regardless of the article’s subject, which means that CQ researcher is not a professional database for this …show more content…
The authors used a lot statistical evidence to support their claims. For example, authors say, Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's annual school immunization assessment showed a general increase in state-level NME rates over time, from 1.6% in 2009–2010[26] to 2.0% in 2011–2012[27] to 1.9% in 2012– 2013,[28] an overall 19% increase (data for 2009–2010 and 2012–2013 are shown in Table 2). For 2012–2013, state exemption rates ranged from a low of 0.0% in Delaware to a high of 6.4% in Oregon. (Wang, Clymer, Hayes and Buttenheim,