When reading a scientific article you must not let yourself be persuaded into believing every detail of that particular paper is true. Many times authors tend to be bias about their own research or other research cited in the paper. Things can easily be skewed or taken out of context unless you have a thorough understanding of the material.
The criteria I follow when reading an article are as follows:
-Are all sources credible and cited within the paper. Sources should be peer reviewed and as recent as possible.
-Are all methods used in the experiment explained and replicable.
-Does the paper clearly separate fact from assumption.
In order to pick out the truth from an article such as the one posted on D2L, I would start by following this criteria. It also does not hurt to read a little further, into other relevant articles. Find articles with the opposite findings and try to find the middle ground between to two.
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