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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 8, Probability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of statement is deduced from universal statements?
(a) True.
(b) Logical.
(c) Assumed.
(d) Singular.

2. What does Popper suggest is not psychological?
(a) Existentialism.
(b) Observability.
(c) Objectivism.
(d) Subjectivism.

3. What refers to a term that does not need a definition but is learned through experience?
(a) Advanced term.
(b) Existential term.
(c) Primitive term.
(d) Epistemological term.

4. What is used to capture and explain the world?
(a) Logical statements.
(b) Scientific data.
(c) Laws of nature.
(d) Theories.

5. Statements that rule things out rather than include more things are considered what type of statements?
(a) Falsifiable.
(b) Tautological.
(c) Universal.
(d) Singular.

Short Answer Questions

1. What involves considering the number of favorable cases divided by the number of possible cases?

2. The success of a theory is base on what comparison?

3. What can observation do for science?

4. What are hypothetical estimates of frequency?

5. What does Popper use to check his investigations?

(see the answer key)

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