ADMS 1010 Chapter 7: Dyer, Critical Thinking, 2nd Edition
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Find out why you care about that topic. Determine the issue and your position on the issue. Make an outline of the main claim and subclaims. Valuable sources of information for evidence can come from books, business newspapers, your own experiences, etc Examine the quality of evidence (sufficiency, authority, accuracy, precision, representativeness, and clarity. Make note of when a piece of evidence contradicts what you have read elsewhere. Explain the purpose of the interview and obtain consent. Closing statement could be a summary of action to be taken on topic. In the first paragraph use a vivid anecdote, an unusual event, a statistic.