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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 10, Corroboration, or How a Theory Stands up to Tests.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper use to check his investigations?
(a) Assumptions.
(b) Testability.
(c) Universal statements.
(d) Mathematics.

2. According to Popper, since measurement can be altered what does that say about using measurement in science?
(a) It should be used as a basis for prediction.
(b) Measurement is not valid.
(c) Measurement is reliable.
(d) It cannot be used as a basis for prediction.

3. What denotes what is universal about an occurrence?
(a) Singular statements.
(b) Post events.
(c) Events.
(d) Sub-events.

4. According to von Mises, what occurs to the frequencies of events when event sequences become longer?
(a) They become equal.
(b) They develop an inverse relationship.
(c) They increase at the same rate.
(d) They decrease at the same rate.

5. What method does Popper say applies to science and is important to the theory of knowledge?
(a) Understanding statements.
(b) Resolving contradictions.
(c) Learning assumptions.
(d) Proving theories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Popper use of empirical science?

2. What happens when theories are refined?

3. What does Popper eliminate from the common frequency theory by using mathematical and narrative approaches?

4. Statements that rule things out rather than include more things are considered what type of statements?

5. What does Popper consider dangerous for scientific research?

(see the answer key)

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