Question

alex is writing a research paper about airbags in car accidents. her claim is that airbags only help passengers in auto accidents if the passengers are wearing their seatbelts. she has decided to use the internet for part of her research paper. after doing a search for airbags, she comes across an article on the homepage of the department of motor vehicles with statistics regarding airbag effectiveness with and without seatbelts. the article is credited to jake mitchell, an emergency - room doctor from omaha, nebraska, and clearly states that airbag effectiveness greatly increases when seatbelts are used. she bookmarks the site and continues to conduct research. later, she comes across a website called carstuff.com. it contains a commentary written by an anonymous author that says seatbelts are pointless now that most cars have two airbags. 18 select the correct answer from each drop - down menu. read the scenario about alex. then choose the best way to complete the sentence. alex decides that the drop - down menu is more credible because it

Explanation:

The Department of Motor Vehicles is a government - related and authoritative source. Its article is likely to be based on research and statistics. In contrast, the CarStuff.com commentary is written by an anonymous author and makes a rather extreme claim without proper citation or authority. So, the Department of Motor Vehicles article is more reliable for research.

Answer:

Department of Motor Vehicles article