Neil Irwin's Factual Argument

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In “Everything’s An Argument” by Andrea Lunsford, John Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters, states that “Factual arguments are often motivated by simple human curiosity or suspicion” page 154. The author Neil Irwin noticed patterns that led him to a suspicion that motivated him to look more in depth of what the statistics or data sets are depicting to audiences. The author Neil Irwin, a senior economics correspondent for The New York Times, questions what the numbers show about National Football League player encounters with the law, and how are the numbers perceived by others such as the fans of the N.F.L. Irwin developed a factual argument by identifying an issue, researching his hypothesis, refining his claim, providing evidence, and presenting