Units USSC3601. Unit of study_. USSC3601: Public Opinion and Voting in the U.S. ... LO3. read and interpret public opinion data. LO4. research a topic of your choice independently.
But a considered opinion is not jus the opinion you get when you consider a lot! ... It is an opinion backed up by arguments that follow valid patterns of reasoning from particular premises.
Concepts in critical analysis will provide the basis for improved persuasive communication, including the difference between convention, fact, opinion and preference; deductive and inductive proof; validity and truth; evidence; and the
The unit considers the rules for adducing testimony and other forms of evidence; the rules of admissibility (relevance, hearsay, opinion, tendency and coincidence, credibility, character, and the discretions to exclude evidence);
LO3. acquire proficiency in discovering, evaluating, and benefitting from diverse primary and scholarly sources of fact and of opinion founded securely on fact.