DataViz

Article summary

DataViz, Inc. is a software company based in Westport, Connecticut, founded in 1984. The company is best known for Documents To Go, a mobile office suite, and for MacLinkPlus, a file format conversion utility for Macintosh. It has also sold Passwords Plus, RoadSync, Conversions Plus and DailyBalance.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1984 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1984". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356452779