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The reasons provided must be relevant. By relevant, we mean reasons that are acknowledged in public discourse as plausible reasons. Irrelevant reasons could include a person’s statement that he or she liked Republicans or knew some Republicans.
Unlike Kuhn, Cappella et al., do not try to include ''genuine evidence'' in support of reasons as a part of the evaluation of argument repertoire, nor do they attempt to ascertain the ''coherence among multiple reasons'' (e.g., Tetlock, 1989<ref>Tetlock, P. (1989). Structure and function in political belief systems. In A. Pratkanis, S. Breckler, & A. Greenwald (Eds.), Attitude structure and function. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.</ref>). Both dimensions are plausible components of argument repertoire. However, they want to employ measure in a survey context. :''Genuine evidence'' is relatively infrequent, and Kuhn required a series of questions and probes in face-to-face interviews to elicit the little evidence that people offered.:''Coherence'' (or integrative complexity) requires at least two arguments plus elaboration. In the current application, we have ignored integrative complexity.
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