R0050/2026-03-31/Q002/SRC07

Research	R0050 — Journalism and Other Truth-Seeking Disciplines
Run	2026-03-31
Query	Q002
Search	S05
Result	S05-R01
Source	SRC07

Historical Source Criticism Methodology

Source

Field	Value
Title	Source criticism
Publisher	Wikipedia
Author(s)	Wikipedia contributors
Date	Current
URL	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_criticism
Type	Encyclopedia article

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	Medium-High
Relevance	High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	N/A
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	Well-sourced Wikipedia article drawing on Bernheim, Langlois, Seignobos, and other primary historians
Relevance	Directly describes a formal structured evidence evaluation methodology from the humanities
Bias flags	None significant

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC07-E01	Source criticism contributes authentication-before-evaluation and the internal/external distinction