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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In mathematics and statistics, a _____ is a quantity that serves to relate functions and variables using a common variable when such a relationship would be difficult to explicate with an equation.
(a) Divisor.
(b) Parameter.
(c) Fraction.
(d) Paradigm.

2. In his paper, Kuhn argues that rival paradigms are ______, meaning that it is not possible to understand one paradigm through the conceptual framework and terminology of another rival paradigm.
(a) Incorrigible.
(b) Incommensurable.
(c) Indistinguishable.
(d) Incomprehensible.

3. What was the name of the computer manufacturing and retail division of Royal Typewriter which made the early computers RPC 4000 and RPC 9000?
(a) Royal Information Systems.
(b) Royal Computing.
(c) Royal Mathematics.
(d) Royal McBee.

4. According to Gleick in Chapter 3, "Life's Ups and Downs," what will lead to an increased, steady state in the idealized population?
(a) A fraction parameter.
(b) A multiplier parameter.
(c) A higher parameter.
(d) A lower parameter.

5. Where was James Yorke born?
(a) Cheyenne, Wyoming.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Flagstaff, Arizona.
(d) Plainfield, New Jersey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Edward Lorenz's 1963 paper in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences?

2. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?

3. What is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services?

4. James Yorke is credited with creating what term in reference to science?

5. Where is the main laboratory for the Thomas J. Watson Research Center?

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