Sophia Critical Thinking Unit 4
Which is true of how inductive arguments are evaluated? - answer Strength versus weakness
Which is true of joint sufficiency? - answer Features which together are sufficient for an event to occur
Every time it rains, the water level rises.
Which relation best describes this statement? - answer Positive correlation
Explanations should not force us to give up too many well-established beliefs.
Which condition of a good explanation does this describe? - answer Conservativeness
Which of the following statements is true of an analogical argument? - answer It argues for a conclusion on the basis of shared characteristics.
A researcher wants to study the average eating patterns of American workers. They publicize their survey through an email list for Ivy League business school graduates.
What can be said about this sample? - answer This is a biased sample.
What is the probability of rolling either a 6 or a 1 (assuming a balanced die)? - answer 0.3333333333
What is the inverse probability of drawing either an 8 or a 9 from a deck of cards? - answer 0.8461538462
What is the probability that you wouldn't draw an Ace from the first draw? - answer Which is true of weighting? - answer Putting more probability on certain outcomes because they're more important
Which of the following is true of base rates? - answer It is the probability of an outcome prior to new data.
Imagine Sal is visiting Florida. He's playing a game with his friend where they look for rare license plates. Out of the five non-Florida plates Sal has seen so far, one is from Ontario. Sal says to his friend, "Wow, there's a lot of people here from Canada."
Which is true of how inductive arguments are evaluated? - answer Strength versus weakness
Which is true of joint sufficiency? - answer Features which together are sufficient for an event to occur
Every time it rains, the water level rises.
Which relation best describes this statement? - answer Positive correlation
Explanations should not force us to give up too many well-established beliefs.
Which condition of a good explanation does this describe? - answer Conservativeness
Which of the following statements is true of an analogical argument? - answer It argues for a conclusion on the basis of shared characteristics.
A researcher wants to study the average eating patterns of American workers. They publicize their survey through an email list for Ivy League business school graduates.
What can be said about this sample? - answer This is a biased sample.
What is the probability of rolling either a 6 or a 1 (assuming a balanced die)? - answer 0.3333333333
What is the inverse probability of drawing either an 8 or a 9 from a deck of cards? - answer 0.8461538462
What is the probability that you wouldn't draw an Ace from the first draw? - answer Which is true of weighting? - answer Putting more probability on certain outcomes because they're more important
Which of the following is true of base rates? - answer It is the probability of an outcome prior to new data.
Imagine Sal is visiting Florida. He's playing a game with his friend where they look for rare license plates. Out of the five non-Florida plates Sal has seen so far, one is from Ontario. Sal says to his friend, "Wow, there's a lot of people here from Canada."
