Appendix
The PROMPT checklist
In the table below is a checklist to help you apply the PROMPT criteria, adapted from the Open University Safari. You can use this to help you evaluate a website.
| PROMPT | Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 |
| Presentation | |||
| Is the information clearly communicated? | |||
| Look at language, writing style, structure and layout | |||
| Relevance | |||
| Does the information match your needs? | |||
| Look at the introduction or overview – what is it mainly about? | |||
| Objectivity | |||
| Is the author’s position of interest made clear? | |||
| Do the writers state their position on the issue? | |||
| Is the language emotive? | |||
| Are there hidden, vested interests? | |||
| Method | |||
| Is it clear how the data was collected? | |||
| Were the methods appropriate? | |||
| How much data? | |||
| Is it representative? | |||
| Are there sources of bias? | |||
| Provenance | |||
| Is it clear where the information has come from? | |||
| Can you identify authors or organisations? | |||
| Are they well known? | |||
| How was it published? | |||
| Timeliness | |||
| Is it clear when the information was produced? | |||
| Does the date of the information meet requirements? | |||
| Is the information obsolete? |