Evidence typically used in various disciplines
Evidence typically used in various disciplines
Humanities: Literature, art, film, music, philosophy
- Passages of text or lines of a poem
- Details from an image or a work of art
- Passages of a musical composition
- Essays that analyze original works or put forth theories
- Firsthand sources such as photographs, letters, maps, and government documents
- Scholarly books and articles that interpret evidence
Social sciences: Psychology, sociology, political science, anthropology
- Data from original experiments
- Results of field research such as interviews, observations, or surveys
- Statistics from government agencies
- Scholarly books and articles that interpret data from original experiments and from other researchers’ studies
Sciences: Biology, chemistry, physics
- Data from original experiments
- Scholarly articles that report findings from experiments