Evaluating Claims of Policy

Evaluating Claims and Textual Evidence

• A claim suggests a specific remedy to solve a problem, has a clear definition, and can be evaluated based on its benefits and standards.

Textual Evidence

• Textual evidence supports claims and reveals the writer's position, making the reading more interesting.
• Types of textual evidence:
• Paraphrasing: restating the text in your own words.
• Summarizing: stating the text and other relevant details in a shorter way.
• Referencing: mentioning a specific section in the text.
• Quoting: directly stating a part of the text.

Primary and Secondary Sources

• Primary sources provide firsthand evidence, such as original documents and objects.
• Secondary sources present recontextualized and reinterpreted information from primary sources.

Critical Reading and Critical Lens

• Critical reading involves identifying and understanding arguments, evaluating claims, and responding with independent conclusions.
• Critical lens combines critical thinking and reading to analyze texts and identify claims.

Claims

• A claim is a sentence that contains a writer's point or position regarding a topic.
• Claims can be explicit (directly stated) or implicit (indirectly expressed).

Characteristics of a Good Claim

• A claim should be argumentative and debatable.
• A claim should be specific and focused.
• A claim should be interesting and engaging.
• A claim should be logical.

Types of Claims

Claim of Fact

• Asserts that something has existed, exists, or will exist in the data.
• Can be verified with factual evidence.
• Questions to evaluate claims of fact:
• Did it happen?
• Does it exist?
• Is it true?
• How can its truthfulness be verified?
• Is it a fact?

Claim of Value

• Moral arguments, beliefs, ethics, and philosophy of a person.
• Argues that something is good or bad, right or wrong, or that one thing is better than another.
• Determining questions for evaluating claim of value:
• Does it appeal to your judgment?
• Is it right or wrong?
• Which one is bad or good?
• Which one is more important, and why?
• Whose standards are used?

Claim of Policy

• Argues that actions should be carried out.
• Also called a claim of solution, as it suggests and supports policies and solutions.
• Action is an element of a claim of policy.
• Focuses on procedures, laws, regulations, and conditions that should be followed and suggested to be done.

This quiz helps you evaluate the effectiveness of policy claims by analyzing the suggested remedy, policy definition, benefits, and textual evidence. Learn how to assess the validity of policy claims and make informed decisions.