1.5-1.10 scientific research

Question 1

A common and very dangerous misconception often seen on the Internet is the idea that a childhood immunization, the MMR vaccine, causes autism. This is completely false, but began when a man published a falsified and now discredited paper making that claim. He was later found to have received money from lawyers representing parents of children with autism who wanted to sue the vaccine companies. Which criterion of critical thinking is most clearly being violated by those who accepted the false claim?

Answer 1

all evidence is not equal in quality

Question 2

Dr. White noticed something odd happening to the behavior of his students as midterm exams neared. He decided to take notes about this behavior to find out exactly what was happening and the circumstances surrounding the behavior. His goal is clearly __________.

Answer 2

description

Question 3

Which of the following would indicate the weakest relationship and thus be close to complete randomness?

Answer 3

+ 0.01

Question 4

which of the following is an ex. of observer bias?

Answer 4

you develop an opinion of what you expect see in an experiment

Question 5

In an experiment to examine the effects of sleep deprivation on completion of a puzzle, one group is allowed to sleep 8 hours while another group is made to stay awake. In this experiment, the control group is __________.

Answer 5

the group that gets to sleep

Question 6

In a __________ study, the participants do not know if they are part of the control group or the experimental group. Only the experimenter knows who is in each group.

Answer 6

single-blind