CREDIBLE EVIDENCE
It is important to decide how credible (believable and
authoritative) a piece of evidence is within an argument. As you look at the
evidence supporting a reason, ask yourself whether or not this evidence matches
with readers' experience of the world. If it doesn't, does the evidence come
from a source that readers would accept as more knowledgeable or authoritative
than they are?
If one reason given in an argument is:
On the university level, argument is valued by professors
of various disciplines who say that they would like for their students to be
able to take a strong position and support it with ample reasons and evidence,
statistics taken from The National Inquirer and given in support of this reason
will typically be much less credible than ones taken from The Journal of Higher
Education.
Credibility of an argument was based on two criteria of
the source which are:
- Free of bias
- Expertise
Expertise was determined by:
- Education
- Experiences
- Job or Position
- Reputation
- Achievements
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