Chapter 6 Alex
Credibility
- Verification- borrowed from trustworthy sources or "secondary sources"
- Reputation- what the audience knows about the author
- Presentation- using a style that's suitable for the audience or purpose
-Evidence provides the strongest foundation for arguments
-Linkages provide the bridge that connects the claim with the evidence
-Focus on the readers' needs and expectations not your own
Linkages
- Relevance-indicates quality of the linkages
- Sufficiency-reflects the quantitative strength of the linkages
-Collect evidence of your own
Research Methods
- Interview- write questions before hand, record with permission
- Surveys- write clear and calculated questions, have others look over your survey
- Observations- remain inconspicuous to limit your effect on it
-Photos, artwork, and other graphics can function as evidence, illustrations, or verification in an argument
Charts
- Line charts- can show relationship between two variables
- Pie charts- can show relationships through percentages and proportionally
- Bubble charts- allow authors to illustrate three dimensions of data
Analysis
- What does the evidence suggest? What might it mean?
- How can it help me answer my research question?
- Does it align with what other scholars have found? Different?
- What questions remain? What else needs to be studied?
Conclusions
- It's the place where we amplify-turn up, intensify, expand our argument
- metacommentary- explicit statements about our intended meaning which clarify our meaning
- add a little emotion
-personal experience can be used to enhance credibility or emotion
Narrating
-Don't forget the audience
-You need evidence