This is the Read Me file for the data set for ÒThe nature of the arguments for creationism, and I.D. and evolutionÓ by Ralph M. Barnes, Rebecca A. Church, & Samuel Draznin-Nagy.

The data is presented in two CSV files. The two file names are: ÒArgument Type DataÓ and ÒArgument Topic Data.Ó 
Brief column labels can be found in row #2 for both files. In most cases these brief column labels are self-explanatory. In other cases, more information about the nature of the content of a column may be required. The additional information may be found below or it may be provided in row 1 of each spreadsheet. 

For the file ÒArgument Type DataÓ:
The type of argument can be found in the columns labeled argument_1 through argument_50. The data in these tables are in alphanumeric codes. An explanation for these codes can be found in row 1 of the spreadsheet.

For the file: ÒArgument Topic DataÓ: 
The argument topic can be found in the columns labeled argument_1 through argument_50. The data in these tables are in alphanumeric codes. An explanation for these codes can be found in row 1 of the spreadsheet.

For both files:
Coder: In the coder column the coders are Ralph Barnes (R.B.) and Samuel Draznin-Nagy (S.D.). The term final indicates the final decision of the two coders. The data in the journal article were taken from the rows marked ÒfinalÓ.
Document number: Each of our source documents were assigned a unique document number. The unique source document identifier can be found in the document number column.
Goal: This column indicates the primary goal of each web document.
Number of Arguments: This column simply lists the total number of arguments present in each source document.
Argument_1 through argument_50: These columns indicate the argument number (as we labeled them) for all 72 of our source documents. In most cases, the arguments are numbered sequentially. However, there are a few cases where gaps appear in the sequence.