Posted by shelley on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 1:29pm.
Who is Kari Popper?
If he/she is a writer, have you read what has been written?
Are you crystal clear on every single word in here -- in the question and in the answer choices?
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Grading Summary
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Date Taken: 8/17/2012
Time Spent: 25 min , 48 secs
Points Received: 10 / 10 (100%)
Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:
True/False 1 1
Multiple Choice 9 9
Grade Details - All Questions
1. Question :
Which of the following may not qualify as a falsifiable claim?
Student Answer: CORRECT Your luck will improve.
Your house will be sold tomorrow.
Granite is more dense than sand.
Smoking may cause heart disease.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
2. Question :
A strongly supported claim in science should be regarded as
Student Answer: CORRECT correct, but something that can always be revised.
necessarily true.
meaningless but fun.
correct, and never needing revision.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
3. Question :
To support a scientific hypothesis, one might
Student Answer: gather data that confirms the hypothesis.
look for ways of refuting the hypothesis.
CORRECT Both A and B
None of the above
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
4. Question :
Putting an argument into premise-conclusion form can make it easier to
Student Answer: ignore the argument.
think the argument is pretty.
CORRECT evaluate the argument.
avoid the argument.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
5. Question :
An inactive substance or simulated medical procedure is called a
Student Answer: placenta.
CORRECT placebo.
platypus.
pleonasm.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
6. Question :
If the word "should" appears in a sentence, that sentence will always involve an ethical claim.
Student Answer: True
CORRECT False
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
7. Question :
Descartes worried a great deal about the threat posed by which of the following?
Student Answer: Christians
CORRECT Skeptics
Masons
Jesuits
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
8. Question :
A scientific hypothesis is
Student Answer: CORRECT a tentative claim to be tested.
a clever remark designed to confuse an audience.
an appeal to radical skepticism.
a valid argument.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
9. Question :
Karl Popper advocates, as a more efficient way to examine a scientific hypothesis, which of the following?
Student Answer: Gather as much data as possible supporting the hypothesis
Fake the data
CORRECT Try to show the hypothesis is false
Meditate on what the hypothesis really means
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
10. Question :
One way to disconfirm the scientific hypothesis that chickens cannot fly would be to
Student Answer: ask someone.
CORRECT look very hard for a chicken that can fly.
simply assert that chickens can fly.
simply assert that chickens cannot fly.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in Chapter Five of An Introduction to Logic.
Points Received: 1 of 1
Comments:
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