SSC
WORLD HISTORY
|
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
|
How should a historian handle a source which may be biased?
|
|
hide the source
|
|
|
erase the bias from the source
|
|
|
agree with the bias
|
|
|
be aware of the bias
|
Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Every source has a perspective, but not every source has clear bias. You can determine a source’s perspective by doing background research on the source creator. To determine a source’s bias, you need to find specific words in the source that are either extremely positive or extremely negative.
Detailed explanation-2: -The historians’ second rule is the bias rule. It says that every source is biased in some way. Documents tell us only what the creator of the document thought happened, or perhaps only what the creator wants us to think happened.
There is 1 question to complete.