Exam 10: Causality and Mills Methods

Table 3B Given the following table: -What method was used to determine the cause suggested by Table 3B?

Table 1A Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 1A?

The correlational method used in the social sciences is closely related to which of Mill's methods?

Suppose that a homeowner notices a 20 percent increase in the water bill for July. The homeowner traces this increase to four sources: a running toilet, a dripping faucet, a guest who visited for two days, and a broken sprinkler head. Further study shows that the broken toilet accounts for 8 percent of the increase, the faucet 2 percent, and the visiting guest 4 percent. The homeowner concludes that the remaining 8 percent is attributable to the broken sprinkler head. What method did the homeowner use in drawing this conclusion?

Table 3C Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 3C?

When we say that throwing a wine glass against a brick wall causes it to break, we mean 'cause' in the sense of a:

Table 1B Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 1B?

The method used by Henrietta Swan Leavitt in her discovery involving Cepheids, which is described in your textbook, is similar to:

A condition X is not a sufficient condition for Y if:

Table 4B Given the following table: -What method was used to determine the cause suggested by Table 4B?

When we say that sunshine causes the flowers to bloom, we mean 'cause' in the sense of a:

Table 4A Given the following table: -What method was used to determine the cause suggested by Table 4A?

Table 1C Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 1C?

Table 4A Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 4A?

Table 2A Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 2A?

Table 4C Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 4C?

When we say that water droplets in the atmosphere cause a rainbow to appear, we mean 'cause' in the sense of a:

When we say that applying a force to the end of a coil spring causes the spring to stretch, we mean 'cause' in the sense of a:

Table 5C Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 5C?

Table 3A Given the following table: -What cause is suggested by the information in Table 3A?