Question

what advice about citing evidence could you give to a classmate who is writing a research paper? you should make sure the evidence you cite supports or justifies your claim and give credit to the author. you should always have a balance between paraphrasing and quoting when youre citing evidence. you should make sure the evidence you cite is always in quotation marks and cite the author’s name to give them credit. you should look for statistics and cite all of them as evidence, because they are usually correct, and support your claim.

Explanation:

• Option 1: The core of citing evidence is that it must support the claim and give credit to the original author, which is a fundamental rule of academic integrity and effective argumentation.
• Option 2: While balancing paraphrasing and quoting is a good practice in writing, it's not the primary advice about citing evidence. The main focus of citing evidence is its relevance to the claim and giving credit, not the balance between paraphrasing and quoting.
• Option 3: Not all evidence needs to be in quotation marks; paraphrased evidence also needs to be cited, but it doesn't use quotation marks. So this statement is incorrect.
• Option 4: Just citing all statistics is not good advice. Statistics need to be relevant to the claim, and not all statistics are correct or appropriate, and we should critically evaluate them before citing.

Answer:

A. You should make sure the evidence you cite supports or justifies your claim and give credit to the author.