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Chapter 1 Scientific Thinking

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Science, pseudoscience, scientific method, hypothesis testing, echinacea study

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1
Which of the following is a component of a critical experiment?
avoiding bias
controlling for variables
large numbers of random samples
all of the above
2
An hypothesis that is exceptional well supported by the data and treated as fact is
an experiment.
a theory.
a superstition.
a correlation.
3
Which of the following statements about superstitions is NOT TRUE.
They based on empirical evidence.
They are a type of pseudoscience.
They develop in the absence of scientific thinking.
They are irrational beliefs that actions influence outcomes.
4
If experimental participants do not know which treatment they are receiving, the experiment is
double-blinded.
repeatable.
blinded.
biased by the placebo effect.
5
Linking two phenomena with only one or a few data points is
based on anecdotal evidence.
statistically valid.
good science.
fine as long as all data points support the hypothesis.
6
Which of the following hypotheses CANNOT be tested?
Particles diffuse faster in liquid than in semi-solids.
Exercise makes you healthier.
Plants grow faster if fertilizer is applied.
Cold water is more dense than hot water.
7
Biology is
the study of life.
a field requires laws of nature to be taken on faith.
a pseudoscience.
not important in the lives of most people.
8
If a study uses the same experimental setup as another but uses different participants, then
they are introducing bias.
they are a fraud.
they are repeating the experiment.
they must ask permission.
9
An analytical tool used to describe data or test hypotheses is
mathematics.
anecdotal.
empirical.
statistics.