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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What formula, developed by Popper, suggests that no aggregate of particles is more homogeneous than a pure case?
(a) Statistical scatter relations formula.
(b) Statistical pure case formula.
(c) Wave formula.
(d) Particle formula.

2. What key component of Popper's view does not equate to truth?
(a) Logic.
(b) Falsifiability.
(c) Universal statements.
(d) Corroboration.

3. What concept does Popper consider probability to be outside of?
(a) Conventionalism.
(b) Positivism.
(c) Falsification.
(d) Simplicity.

4. What does Popper suggest uncertainty statements are derived from?
(a) Logical statement.
(b) Unknowns.
(c) Singular statements.
(d) Universal statements.

5. What is the result, according to Popper, when inductive logic is used?
(a) Infinite regress.
(b) Falsifiable theories.
(c) Finite regress.
(d) Statistical significance.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Popper, what takes the place of strict laws in atomic science?

2. Who does Popper suggest works in probabilistic logic to determine the probability of a hypothesis?

3. What does Popper say degrees of simplicity can be identified with in the 1972 addendum in Chapter 7?

4. What plays a vitally important role in empirical science?

5. What type of numerical interpretation requires that probabilities be only expressed as frequencies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Popper suggest about corroborations?

2. What does Popper believe regarding the logical proximity of a theory to empirical statements?

3. How is logical probability represented?

4. What does Popper states determines corroboration?

5. What is the position taken to make the argument for sample selection in research?

6. How is the theory of chance solved?

7. How is the physical basis for the uncertainty theory undermined?

8. Why do falsifiable statements hold the greatest promise for science?

9. What role does simplicity play in theories of inductive logic?

10. What does Popper suggest about hypothetical assumptions in his discussion on inductivists?

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