Informal Logic
Question Type: # Of Questions: # Correct:
Multiple Choice 10 10
Grade Details - All Questions
1. Question : A scientific hypothesis is
Student Answer: 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:
2. 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
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:
3. Question : One way to disconfirm the scientific hypothesis that chickens cannot fly would be to
Student Answer: ask someone.
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:
4. Question : A strongly supported claim in science should be regarded as
Student Answer: 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:
5. Question : An inactive substance or simulated medical procedure is called a
Student Answer: placenta.
placebo.
platypus.
pleonasm.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in
Multiple Choice 10 10
Grade Details - All Questions
1. Question : A scientific hypothesis is
Student Answer: 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:
2. 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
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:
3. Question : One way to disconfirm the scientific hypothesis that chickens cannot fly would be to
Student Answer: ask someone.
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:
4. Question : A strongly supported claim in science should be regarded as
Student Answer: 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:
5. Question : An inactive substance or simulated medical procedure is called a
Student Answer: placenta.
placebo.
platypus.
pleonasm.
Instructor Explanation: The answer can be found in