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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Real Error of Cyril Burt.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Blumenbach believed differences in races might be linked to __________.
(a) water supply
(b) dood
(c) DNA
(d) climate

2. According to Gould, Broca's studies were __________ by his choice of what to observe to provide that white brains were larger than black brains.
(a) complete
(b) faulty
(c) biased
(d) truthful

3. The answer to #142 indicates how much of a change there is in one variable due to a change in __________.
(a) the environment
(b) another variable
(c) the weather
(d) the numbers

4. No matter how strong a correlation is, it says nothing about _________.
(a) plausibility
(b) race
(c) cause
(d) intelligence

5. Louis Bolk felt blacks were not totally ___________.
(a) necessary
(b) useful
(c) inept
(d) pointless

Short Answer Questions

1. Flaws in the experimental design, according to Gould, do not lead to _________ in the numbers.

2. What did Gould see Broca had formed before he ever started his research?

3. Bean compared the _______ of blacks and whites to prove his view of the inferiority of blacks.

4. Which Socrates work is Gould discussing at the opening of this book?

5. A perfect correlation graph between two variables would show ________________.

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