Types of Evidence

Evidence from people who have special knowledge and experience on a subject.

• expert opinion

• surveys

• hypothetical situation

• facts

I watched La Casa de Papel of the plane ride back to the Philippines and knew there was something special.

• Statistical evidence

• Testimonial evidence

• Anecdotal evidence

• Analogical evidence

The show before it was streamed in Netflix was released in Spain in May 2017. The first episode was a hit with 4.5 million views.

• Statistical evidence

• Testimonial evidence

• Anecdotal evidence

• Analogical evidence

Which type of evidence is defined as "A truth known by actual experience or observation, something known to be true; objective information"?

• Anecdote

• Analogy

• Fact

• Example

What type of evidence is being used in this example: "In 2008, 7.3 million people died of heart disease."

• Anecdotal evidence

• Logical reasoning

• Empirical evidence

• Emotional appeal

Answer explanation

Empirical evidence is evidence that can be experienced or observed. 

Scientific research is considered empirical evidence.

What type of evidence is presented in the following quote?

Angel Sanchez was 17 years old and in prison when he learned that Florida banned anyone with a felony conviction from voting – for life. At the time, that meant 1.4 million Floridians couldn't vote, ever.

He decided that when he got out of prison, he'd find a way to help change this. Which worked! Until the fight stopped being about voting rights... and started to become about money (NPR.org 2020).

• Anecdote

• Statistic

• Expert testimony

• Logic

What type of evidence is presented in the following quote?

Four years ago, Lane said, she’d tried to get an absentee ballot in the presidential election but was denied because it was her first time voting. She didn’t have a car, or the time, in between classes, to drive three hours to vote.

“I felt really discouraged. Like it was another way to really limit my vote,” she said. “It’s really hard to say we’re not voting when we’re not allowed to vote,” she said of young people (insidehighered.com 2020).

• Anecdote

• Statistic

• Expert testimony

• Logic

What type of evidence is being used in this example: "Mr. Bonica’s class is an example of how the 8:05am start time has impacted late arriving students to Tualatin High School, as he has seen a sharp decline in tardy students. This year alone, his rate of tardy students has dropped from 12% to 8%."

• Analogical evidence

• Anecdotal Evidence

• Personal experience

• Ethical appeal

What type of evidence is presented in the following quote?

“Any change in the mechanics and processes of voting can have an impact,” said D. Sunshine Hillygus, author of “Making Young Voters” and a political-science professor at Duke. “It’s a particularly large hurdle for those who don’t have experience with the process” (NYT.com 2020).

• Anecdote

• Statistic

• Expert testimony

• Logic

What type of evidence is presented in the following quote?

• Statistic

• Anecdote

• Expert testimony

• Logic