Resolution: students should not have to complete daily homework.
argument: students should have to complete daily homework. a recent study conducted by teacher institute* indicates that students who complete their daily homework perform better in school than their non-homework-completing peers. another study, that was conducted throughout the four years of high school, found that homework doers were 51% more likely to graduate and attend a four-year college with tuition assistance.**
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**all statistics are fictional
why is this excerpt an example of a policy debate?
a.
it uses wit to make its argument.
b.
it uses all the debate styles, not just policy debate.
c.
it argues the ethical arguments of the resolution.
d.
it uses research to support its position on the resolution without appeal to ethics.

The correct answer is D. It uses research to support its position on the resolution without appeal to ethics.

Explanation:

A policy debate is a type of debate that aims at showing why a policy should be changed, which means policy debate aim at explaining how a policy is necessary or need to be changed in some way, in this case, the policy debate is about the implementation of daily homework in schools. Additionally, for proving any point related to a policy it is necessary to provide relevant and reliable evidence, this means the evidence should not be based on personal experiences or appeal to the feelings, moral or ethics, instead it should use external scientific researches by reputable authors. Considering this, the argument presented is an example of policy debate because it deals with the discussion of policies (school policies) and supports the main argument of it by using reliable sources which in this case are external research that supports the main claim.