Exam 5: Inductive Generalizations

Matching: Match the following list of problems with expert testimony with the most appropriate examples. -A politician writes a book on healthy diets that prevent disease.

Upon what is the strength of an inductive conclusion based?

Matching -Subjects who receive a placebo or no treatment.

How is someone distinguished as a genuine expert in a given field?

Double-blind studies are considered more accurate in design than blind studies.

What is the criteria for an effective analogy?

How are blind and double-blind studies used to guard against bias?

Discuss two or more ways that reasoning by analogy is useful.

Can celebrity endorsements ever be legitimate? Explain your answer.

Which is NOT a distinguishing factor of a genuine expert given in the text?

How does a control group help us to evaluate the significance of the data gathered from a study? Be specific.

Matching: Match the following list of problems with expert testimony with the most appropriate examples. -A televised cable interview features a representative of a particular candidate discussing why this candidate has the best policies.

Which was not listed in the checklist on criteria for evaluating research studies?

Control groups allow researchers to gauge the significance of a study by being a point of comparison with the experimental group.

Matching -Subjects exposed to a special treatment.

What is a placebo? Give an example.

Control and experimental groups do not have to be representative of targeted populations in order to provide sufficient research for statistical generalizations.

When a finding is labeled statistically significant, it is probable that the reported effect will occur again in similar circumstances.

Control groups allow a researcher to gauge the significance of a study by being a point of comparison with the experimental group.

Reasoning by analogy is used to