Part II$$The Data

Th e following day Susan found Steve in the computer lab working on his research paper.

$$Here$$s a copy of my paper,$$ she announced as she walked up to him.

$$Oh$,$ cool,$$ he replied, looking up from the computer. $$I$$m really ready for a break, so let$$s go get some coff ee$.$

No$,$ fi rst let me print out what I have so far. Will you read it and see what you think?$$

$$Of course, if you buy the coff ee$$and after you$$ve had a look at mine!$$ Susan replied.

$$Deal$,$ Steve answered with a smile. Th ey collected Steve$$s copy of his paper and went to the coff ee shop next door.

When Steve got to their table with the two coff ees, Susan had a pile of papers sitting in front of her.

$$I hope I don$$t have to read all of those!$$ Steve said as he handed Susan her coff ee$.$

$$No$,$ Susan said with a laugh, $$this pile contains all of the information I have collected about plastics and

whether they$$re safe for food use, and it$$s pretty convincing, I think. You can just read my paper to get the

$$boiled down$$ version of the information.$$ Susan picked up the top paper and started handing it to Steve.

$$Wait$,$ Steve said, holding his hand out so she couldn$$t put the paper in front of him. $$I$$ve been reading too

much lately, so save my eyes, and just tell me what you found. My fi rst question is$,$ what is the evidence that