Question

English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation’s restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. The proportion of fast food workers who cannot speak English is even higher.

Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt?
anecdotal
statistical
testimonial
analogical

Answer 1

Statistical — the author cites numeric proportions and quantitative data about English proficiency among restaurant and fast-food workers.