In the Chronicle of Higher Education’s annual survey of attitudes and characteristics of college freshmen, 21 percent of first-year students said they believe that the death penalty
should be abolished. What type of supporting material is used in this example?

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The supporting material used in this example is "Statistics," as it provides a numerical value (21 percent) to represent the attitudes of a specific group (college freshmen) towards a topic (the death penalty).

In the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Annual Survey of Attitudes