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      • Holman, compared the content of nine Wikipedia articles against their equivalents in Britannica, the Dictionary on American History, and American National Biography Online, and found Wikipedia's accuracy to be less reliable (80% compared to 95% in other sources).
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  3. www.forbes.com › sites › hbsworkingknowledgeWikipedia Or Encyclopædia Britannica: Which Has More Bias?

    They found that in general, Wikipedia articles were more biased—with 73 percent of them containing code words, compared to just 34 percent in Britannica. In almost all cases, Wikipedia was more...

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  5. libguides.tcnj.edu › english › wikiEncyclopedia Britannica vs. Wikipedia - English - LibGuides ...

    Apr 3, 2024 · Wikipedia slants more often than Britannica to the left of the political spectrum. As with other reference works, most faculty instruct students not to cite Wikipedia. But some go further, advising students not to consult Wikipedia as a background source.

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  6. www.smh.com.au › national › evidence-suggestsEvidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When ...

    Sep 13, 2022 · A study by Oxford University of 22 English-language articles, funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, concluded it was more accurate than Britannica. But these are just samples; Wikipedia is uneven.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Encyclopædia_BritannicaEncyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

    In the accuracy category, the Britannica received one "D" and seven "A"s, Encyclopedia Americana received eight "A"s, and Collier's received one "D" and seven "A"s; thus, Britannica received an average score of 92% for accuracy to Americana 's 95% and Collier's 92%.

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  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Reliability_of_WikipediaReliability of Wikipedia - Wikipedia

    A series of studies from Harvard Business School in 2012 and 2014 found Wikipedia "significantly more biased" than Encyclopædia Britannica but attributed the finding more to the length of the online encyclopedia as opposed to slanted editing.

  9. www.researchgate.net › publication › 249362832Comparison of Wikipedia and other encyclopedias for accuracy ...

    Feb 15, 2008 · Rector [18] compares Wikipedia articles on history against Britannica, the Dictionary of American History, National Biography Online, and report that Wikipedia's accuracy rate is 80%, while...

  10. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesWikipedia: Why is the common knowledge resource still ...

    Dec 3, 2019 · In 2005, Nature published a study describing Wikipedia as going “head to head” with Britannica [ 1 ]. While the claim was disputed by Britannica, since then Wikipedia has grown 6-fold in the number of articles; is >85 times the size of 120-volume Encyclopedia Britannica, measured by word count; and has substantially improved its quality.

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