Question: When people are engaged in analytical thinking, they are __________.
Answer Choices:
breaking down component parts of larger things or ideas.
using their imagination to paint a landscape.
writing their boss to ask for time off work.
reporting something that they have seen to others.
Answer: breaking down component parts of larger things or ideas.
Question: An argument is invalid if and only if __________.
Answer Choices:
A. Its reasoning is strong and all of its premises are true.
B. It is possible for all of its premises to be true and the conclusion false.
C. It is Fallacious.
D. It has a false premise.
Answer: B. It is possible for all of its premises to be true and the conclusion false.
Question: “You are only opposed to welfare reform because you are rich.”
Answer Choices:
A. Appeal to emotion
B. Ad hominem
C. Slippery Slope
D. Equivocation
Answer: B. Ad hominem
Question: The scientific method is an objective approach to solving a problem. It is a 5-step process. Select the correct processes arranged in the correct order.
Answer Choices:
Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Hypothesis, Experiment, Observation, Analysis, Conclusion
Observation, Hypothesis, Analysis, Experiment, Conclusion
Hypothesis, Observation, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Answer: Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion
Question: Which term is in the predicate position of the sentence “Some of these questions are difficult”?
Answer Choices:
questions.
these questions.
Some.
difficult.
Answer: difficult.
Question: In argument diagrams, __________.
Answer Choices:
premises cannot work together to support another claim.
conclusions support the premises.
single premises can support a conclusion or another premise.
premises can only support conclusions.
Answer: single premises can support a conclusion or another premise.
Question: Examples of descriptive epidemiologic studies do not include:
Answer Choices:
Ecologic studies.
Case-Control Studies.
Case reports.
Cohort studies.
Answer: Case-Control Studies.
Question: Students are NOT required to write an introduction, thesis, and conclusion.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Inductive arguments are preferable in some instances because they _________.
Answer Choices:
A. are not as provable
B. are more limited than deductive arguments
C. can be more persuasive
D. have more truth
Answer: C. can be more persuasive
Question: The goal of this paper is to
Answer Choices:
A. Watch a television show and summarize what happened.
B. Show the student’s personal idea about how to resolve conflict.
C. Demonstrate that you can apply key themes covered in Bevan and Sole to a fictional conflict.
Answer: C. Demonstrate that you can apply key themes covered in Bevan and Sole to a fictional conflict.
Question: What type of inductive argument is the following example?
The vast majority of high school aged kids go to public high schools.
The Jones’s have a high school aged boy.
So he probably goes to a public high school.
Answer Choices:
A. Argument from analogy
B. Inductive generalization
C. Statistical syllogism
D. Inference to the best explanation
Answer: C. Statistical syllogism