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Which type of claim asserts a quantifiable assertion or a measurable topic?
Which type of claim asserts a quantifiable assertion or a measurable topic?
- Claim of Opinion
- Claim of Policy
- Claim of Value
- Claim of Fact (correct)
What is the primary question type that claims of fact attempt to answer?
What is the primary question type that claims of fact attempt to answer?
what
Claims of value primarily focus on establishing verifiable facts through systematic procedures.
Claims of value primarily focus on establishing verifiable facts through systematic procedures.
False (B)
Claims of value often involve arguments about topics that are moral, philosophical, or ______.
Claims of value often involve arguments about topics that are moral, philosophical, or ______.
Match each question with the claim type it best helps to identify:
Match each question with the claim type it best helps to identify:
Which of the following terms is most indicative of a claim of fact?
Which of the following terms is most indicative of a claim of fact?
A claim of value can be proven true or false through quantifiable data.
A claim of value can be proven true or false through quantifiable data.
What type of question would you ask to determine whose standards are being used in a claim?
What type of question would you ask to determine whose standards are being used in a claim?
Which question is most helpful in determining if a statement is a claim of fact?
Which question is most helpful in determining if a statement is a claim of fact?
Claims of fact rely on ______ sources or systematic procedures to be validated.
Claims of fact rely on ______ sources or systematic procedures to be validated.
Flashcards
Claim of Fact
Claim of Fact
A quantifiable assertion or a measurable topic that states something has existed, exists, or will exist based on data.
Claim of Value
Claim of Value
Claims that assert something that can be qualified based on moral, philosophical, or aesthetic topics.
Study Notes
- Claims can be categorized into fact, value, or policy, based on the type of questions they answer.
Claim of Fact
- States a quantifiable assertion or measurable topic.
- Asserts something has existed, exists, or will exist based on data.
- Relies on reliable sources or systematic procedures for validation.
- Answers a "what" question.
- Useful questions to identify a claim of fact:
- Is the issue related to a possible cause or effect?
- Is the statement true or false? How can its truthfulness be verified?
- Is the claim controversial or debatable?
- Examples:
- Smoking causes cancer.
- People can reduce the severity of depression by increasing their sunlight exposure each day.
- Look for time-related terms (e.g., "in the past," "in the future") and causal terms (e.g., "leads to," "improves," "is caused by").
Claim of Value
- Asserts something that can be qualified.
- Consists of arguments about moral, philosophical, or aesthetic topics.
- Tries to prove that some values are more or less desirable compared to others.
- Makes judgments based on standards of right or wrong, good or bad.
- Attempts to explain how problems, situations, or issues ought to be valued.
- Questions to discover claims of value:
- Which claims endorse what is good or right?
- What qualities should be considered good? Why?
- Which values contend with others? Which ones are more important, and why?
- Whose standards are used?
- What are some concrete examples of such values?
- Example: Your idea is valuable to the project.
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