The chapter discusses evidence of how Ronald Cotton was misidentified as a rapist by Jennifer Thompson. This evidence is:
A) an anecdote.
B) a statement of authority.
C) a commonsense belief.
D) a correlational study.

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The evidence is an anecdote because it is a personal account of Jennifer Thompson's misidentification of Ronald Cotton as her rapist, rather than a statement from an authority, a widely held belief, or a study showing a correlation between two variables.

The Chapter Discusses Evidence of How Ronald Cotton Was Misidentified