In step 1, you identified the general social problem and related concepts and themes, and some undesirable conditions. Policy makers and analysts, though, sometimes disagree about the nature or seriousness of various social problems. Therefore, this step requires your group to use the Internet to locate at least three different sources of evidence to support the existence and extent of your problem. The goal of these activities is to develop problem solving skills through using the Internet to gather evidence about your problem.

Evidence about historical social problems may include statistics on these problems, case studies, or articles by experts. The Issues section of the AMUN Handbook that you visited in step 1 contains numerous resource and bibligraphical links for each of the topics.

Statistics that focus directly on your specific problem are usually the best source of evidence. The articles by experts or case studies can supplement statistical data.