Midterm #1 - Common Threats to Credibility

Question 1

ethos

Answer 1

• sources credibility

Question 2

pathos

Answer 2

• emotional or motivational appeals

Question 3

logos

Answer 3

• logic to support a claim

Question 4

3 components of credibility

Answer 4

1. reproducibility
2. robustness
3. replicability

Question 5

a manifesto for reproducible science (5 things)

Answer 5

1. publication bias
2. failure to control for bias
3. low statistical power
4. poor quality control
5. p-hacking

Question 6

apophenia

Answer 6

• see patterns in random data

Question 7

p value

Answer 7

• probability of an observed result assuming that the null hypothesis is true

Question 8

p-hacking

Answer 8

• making sure data is <0.05 in any way possible