Types of Evidence

Most Common in Digital Media (the above, plus):

ILLUSTRATIONS, STATISTICS

Necessary to be thorough:

DETAILS

Examples

a single instance that represents a larger group or idea; used to make something clearer or to show how a rule or principle works.

Facts

Research studies can produce facts, or they can be just experiments.

Details

to describe item-by-item; an individual feature, fact, or item.

Illustrations

An example serving to clarify or prove something; if giving a speech, we use the term: visual aids; art illustrations or “drawing out” a point.

Experiments & Research Studies

a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Statistics

Use of facts or data from a study of a large quantity, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample; in other words, percentages, averages, means, & medians.

Expert Opinions

a belief or judgment about something given by an expert on the subject

Testimonies

A solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath (trials)

Testimonials

A public tribute to someone or something and to their achievements

Analogies

A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explanation or classification.

Personal Observations

Examples that a person has in life overall.

Anecdotes

Usually short narrative (story) of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident used to support, prove, or justify a claim.

Personal Experiences

Actions you have actually experienced (NOT the same as personal observations, in which you can be a passive observer).