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CER class notes
Claim Evidence Reading
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Claim | A claim is a statement that answers the question. It will usually be one sentence in length. |
| Evidence | The evidence is the data used to support the claim. It can be either quantitative or qualitative depending on the question and/or lab. Only use data with Evidence that supports the claim. |
| Reasoning | The reasoning is the explanation of "why and how" the evidence supports the claim . (It should include an explanation of the science concept that produced the evidence of data) |
| Quantitative | relating to, measuring, or expressible in terms of quantity, amounts, or numbers rather than quality |
| Qualitative | Qualitative means relating to the quality, nature, or characteristics of something rather than its numerical amount or measurement |