SOCY1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Sub-Saharan Africa, Uptodate, Frequentist Probability
29 May 2017
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Support for arguments: evidence, information taken from material of fact or opinion, used to establish the probable truth of a claim p. 102, factual evidence, information obtained from direct or indirect observation. Factual evidence: statistics present descriptive and inferential information about people, events, or phenomena in a numeric format, stats can be, raw numbers. Ex: 9,088 undergrads at bc: averages numbers that indicate the central tendency of a group. After adjusted for inflation the real increase can be calculated as 3. 2% General rules about statistics: use comparisons to clarify statistics, ex: in 2001, 34 million children in sub-saharan africa were orphans. If you have reluctant testimony by an expert, that tends to be very strong. Testimony as evidence: quote accurately, take it in the context it was intended, identify sources (who they are and where you found testimony, use credible sources, qualify source, used biased sources with caution, be brief.
