Editing Encyclopædia Britannica (section)

=== Print encyclopaedias ===
The {{lang|la|Encyclopædia Britannica}} has been compared with other print encyclopaedias, both qualitatively and quantitatively.<ref name="library_association_1996" /><ref name="kister_1994" /><ref name="sader_1995" /> A well-known comparison is that of [[Kenneth Kister]], who gave a qualitative and quantitative comparison of the 1993 ''Britannica'' with two comparable encyclopaedias, ''Collier's Encyclopedia'' and the ''[[Encyclopedia Americana]]''.<ref name="kister_1994" /> For the quantitative analysis, ten articles were selected at random—[[circumcision]], [[Charles R. Drew|Charles Drew]], [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]], [[Philip Glass]], [[cardiovascular disease|heart disease]], [[Intelligence quotient|IQ]], [[Giant panda|panda bear]], [[sexual harassment]], [[Shroud of Turin]] and [[Uzbekistan]]—and letter grades of A–D or F were awarded in four categories: coverage, accuracy, clarity, and recency. In all four categories and for all three encyclopaedias, the four average grades fell between [[grading in education|B− and B+]], chiefly because none of the encyclopaedias had an article on sexual harassment in 1994. 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%. In the timeliness category, ''Britannica'' averaged an 86% to ''Americana'''s 90% and ''Collier's'' 85%.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kister |first=Kenneth F. |title=Kister's best encyclopedias : a comparative guide to general and specialized encyclopedias |publisher=Oryx Press |year=1994 |isbn=0897747445 |edition=2nd |location=Phoenix |language=English}}</ref>