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It is important to think about how some ideas that we come across might share commonalities. This can be in the form of complete or partial agreement. We may find that one article provides further empirical evidence for another – for example, McArthur’s (1972) empirical studies provided empirical evidence for Kelley’s Covariation Model of Causal Attribution (Kelley, 1967). When we come across supporting evidence or concurring ideas, we may want to note what this might add to the argument and bring that out in our essay – for example, is there a different type of methodology which yields supporting results. Think about the argument almost as if you are building a legal case, interrogating the sources that you read: ‘Does this strengthen one side of the argument?’ If you identify something that does contribute to one or other side of the argument(s) in your essay, bring out the way in which it does so when writing your essay.