Question

explain why peer reviewed journal articles are a preferred source of information in comparison to publicly available websites (for example – Wikipedia, webMD, livestrong) when preparing assessments and other scholarly documents.

Answer 1

The peer reviewed journals contains specialized subject matter and written in the technical language of a specific field. Reports on original research and original interpretation of data or analysis. They are already verified by group of researchers and scholars in the field before being published. And they are published by an organization,
such as the American Psychological Association or a university.

But Wikipedia, webMD, livestrong written in more general subject matter, and Written in simpler language. They
are usually written by journalists after which they are evaluated by editors and then published. They are not experts mostly they also refer the peer reviewed journals.