Types of Support

What is a fact?

• People who have studied an area in depth

• Results from scientific research

• Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts

• Brief stories to illustrate the point, ie. personal experience

What is an expert opinion?

• Facts in number form based on research

• People who have studied an area in depth

• Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts

• Brief stories to illustrate the point, ie. personal experience

What is an example?

• Facts in number form based on research

• People who have studied an area in depth

• Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts

• Brief stories to illustrate the point, ie. personal experience

What is an anecdote?

• Facts in number form based on research

• People who have studied an area in depth

• Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts

• Brief stories to illustrate the point, ie. personal experience

What is a statistic?

• Facts in number form based on research

• People who have studied an area in depth

• Specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts

• Brief stories to illustrate the point, ie. personal experience

Which type of support is the least reliable?

• Anecdotes

• Facts and Statistics

• Expert Opinions

• Examples

Expert opinions are the opinions of people who have studied an area in depth. Which of the following is an expert opinion?

• When the first Europeans sailed westward in search of faster trade routes, or Pacific islanders sailed into the unknown in search of new lands, or settlers ventured into the American West in search of opportunity, they took tremendous risks.

• Spaceflight companies such as SpaceX or Space Adventures, Ltd. could make the dream of space travel a reality for some, and may take on the role NASA once had in pushing the frontier of space, a panel of experts said during the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate debate here Wednesday (March 19) at the American Museum of Natural History.

• The International Space Station is approximately 250 miles up, and although there is still gravity at this height, (approximately 9.68m/s2 compared to 9.8m/s2 on Earth’s surface), the station is in freefall and experiences an apparent weightlessness.

• Space sickness usually disappears within two or three days as the brain adapts to the space environment, although symptoms may reappear temporarily when the space traveler returns to Earth’s gravity.

Examples are specific instances that illustrate reasons or facts. Which of the following is an example? 

• When the first Europeans sailed westward in search of faster trade routes, or Pacific islanders sailed into the unknown in search of new lands, or settlers ventured into the American West in search of opportunity, they took tremendous risks.

• Spaceflight companies such as SpaceX or Space Adventures, Ltd. could make the dream of space travel a reality for some, and may take on the role NASA once had in pushing the frontier of space, a panel of experts said during the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate debate here Wednesday (March 19) at the American Museum of Natural History.

• The International Space Station is approximately 250 miles up, and although there is still gravity at this height, (approximately 9.68m/s2 compared to 9.8m/s2 on Earth’s surface), the station is in freefall and experiences an apparent weightlessness.

• Space sickness usually disappears within two or three days as the brain adapts to the space environment, although symptoms may reappear temporarily when the space traveler returns to Earth’s gravity.

Statistics are facts in number form based on research. Which of the following is a statistic?

• When the first Europeans sailed westward in search of faster trade routes, or Pacific islanders sailed into the unknown in search of new lands, or settlers ventured into the American West in search of opportunity, they took tremendous risks.

• Spaceflight companies such as SpaceX or Space Adventures, Ltd. could make the dream of space travel a reality for some, and may take on the role NASA once had in pushing the frontier of space, a panel of experts said during the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate debate here Wednesday (March 19) at the American Museum of Natural History.

• The International Space Station is approximately 250 miles up, and although there is still gravity at this height, (approximately 9.68m/s2 compared to 9.8m/s2 on Earth’s surface), the station is in freefall and experiences an apparent weightlessness.

• Space sickness usually disappears within two or three days as the brain adapts to the space environment, although symptoms may reappear temporarily when the space traveler returns to Earth’s gravity.

Facts are results from scientific research. Which of the following is a fact?

• When the first Europeans sailed westward in search of faster trade routes, or Pacific islanders sailed into the unknown in search of new lands, or settlers ventured into the American West in search of opportunity, they took tremendous risks.

• Spaceflight companies such as SpaceX or Space Adventures, Ltd. could make the dream of space travel a reality for some, and may take on the role NASA once had in pushing the frontier of space, a panel of experts said during the 2014 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate debate here Wednesday (March 19) at the American Museum of Natural History.

• The International Space Station is approximately 250 miles up, and although there is still gravity at this height, (approximately 9.68m/s2 compared to 9.8m/s2 on Earth’s surface), the station is in freefall and experiences an apparent weightlessness.

• Space sickness usually disappears within two or three days as the brain adapts to the space environment, although symptoms may reappear temporarily when the space traveler returns to Earth’s gravity.