Flag question: Question 1Question 11 pts

When a news organization uses statistics, a critical reasoner must examine what?

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How was the data collected, and which research methodology was used?

Who gathered the data, and was it transcribed accurately?

Who brought the data to the attention of the media, and why did they select this set of facts? Was there a hidden agenda?

all of the above

Flag question: Question 2Question 21 pts

Statistical fallacies often result from statistical samples that are either inadequate in _____ or biased in measurement.

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size

performance

understanding

population

Flag question: Question 3Question 31 pts

A partial statistical generalization includes what?

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Includes all members of a class or species

Includes most or some of the members of a class or species

Includes the most important members of a class or species

Includes only the top 10% of members of a class or species

Flag question: Question 4Question 41 pts

Which fallacy assumes that a conjunction of two realities or events is more likely than either one of the realities or events separately?

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conjunction fallacy

false cause fallacy

gambler's fallacy

regression to the mean fallacy

Flag question: Question 5Question 51 pts

True or false? The scientific method is fool-proof against mistakes, fraud, deception, poorly designed experiments, data manipulation, and other forms of sub-standard research.

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[True]

[False]

Flag question: Question 6Question 61 pts

In statistics, statistical fallacies often result from statistical samples that are either ______.

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inadequate in size or biased in measurement

too large in size with inadequate limitations

independently polled or randomly polled

none of the above

Flag question: Question 7Question 71 pts

True or false? The scientific method is a formalized approach to critical reasoning.

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[True]

[False]

Flag question: Question 8Question 81 pts

For the findings of a scientific study to be _______, you need to determine if the research truly measured what it was intended to measure.

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accurate

reliable

intelligible

valid

Flag question: Question 9Question 91 pts

This method is when scientists use multiple pieces of evidence or data to come closer to specific knowledge about an event, an experiment, or data.

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Falsifiability

Inference to the best explanation

Triangulation

none of the above

Flag question: Question 10Question 101 pts

The scientific method ____________ arguments based on "authority alone."

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embraces

challenges

rejects

none of the above