Research strategies and tips

1. What makes a bad card?

1.1. Weak warrant

1.2. Having too many rhetorical questions or excessive archaic language.

1.3. “Strawperson” arguments

1.4. Mitigated or Qualified statements

1.5. Out of context arguments

1.6. Missing or incomplete citations.

1.7. Unavailable to the general public

1.8. Power-tagged.

1.9. Under-tagged

2. Where do I find them?

2.1. Finding the articles and books

2.2. Search terms

3. What do I do once I found a passage for a card?

3.1. Tag it.

3.2. Cite.

3.3. Underline/Highlight.

4. source that proves a specific argument true

4.1. quotation,deletes, paraphrasing, or ellipses

5. They offer us interesting ways to compare clashing arguments.

6. What makes a good card?

6.1. Strength of warrant that supports the claim of the argument.

6.1.1. offer empirical reasons for why your argument is true

6.2. Author qualifications.

6.2.1. The card should be an expert in a related field

6.3. Source of publication

6.3.1. Books from university presses and respected newspapers/magazines

6.4. Date of publication

6.4.1. spending rates, predictions about deficits, or demographic observations should be three years old or less. f

6.5. Specificity.

6.5.1. what they’re referring to matches up with your intent.

6.6. Number of warrants.

6.6.1. Destinations

6.7. Rhetoric.

6.7.1. concise and forceful.