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The presentation by Dr. Ed Little focuses on understanding and constructing arguments, emphasizing the importance of identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and applying arguments in research projects. It defines an argument as using reasons to support a point of view and highlights the necessity of claims supported by reasoning and evidence. The session aims to equip participants with skills to effectively develop their research through structured arguments.

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Preparatory Lecture 3.2 (Slides)

The presentation by Dr. Ed Little focuses on understanding and constructing arguments, emphasizing the importance of identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and applying arguments in research projects. It defines an argument as using reasons to support a point of view and highlights the necessity of claims supported by reasoning and evidence. The session aims to equip participants with skills to effectively develop their research through structured arguments.

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Making arguments

Presentation by

Dr Ed Little

26th February
2024
By the end of this, you
will be able to:
• Identify an argument
• Analyse an argument
• Evaluate an argument
• Construct an argument
• Apply your understanding or
arguments to the development of your
research project.
What is an argument?
• [An argument is] • Position
“Using reasons to – A point of view
support a point of view, • Agreement
so that known or – Holding the same
unknown audiences point of view as
may be persuaded to someone else
agree.” • Disagreement
– Holding a different
point of view to
• Cotterell (2023) p. 47
someone else.
Analysing an argument

Position Position 2

Claim Claim Claim Claim

Based on Toulmin, S E (2003) The Uses of Argument , London: Cambridge University Press.
See also Kim & Benbasat (2006) in follow-up work on Blackboard)
Analysing an argument

Claim

Reasoning

Evidence

Based on Toulmin, S E (2003) The Uses of Argument , London: Cambridge University Press.
See also Kim & Benbasat (2006) in follow-up work on Blackboard)
Don’t forget the
EVIDENCE
• Expert opinion
• Data
• Quantity
• Quality
o Transparency
o Source
o Objectivity
o Expertise
In summary
• Your research project will be one long argument
• Arguments should justify a position based by
making claims
• Claims should be supported by reasoning and
evidence.
• You develop your reasoning by reading and
thinking
• You gather your evidence by collecting
secondary and primary data
• You will be much more successful in this if you
think carefully about the question that you are
asking.

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