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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 is important to Popper's argument for a logic of science?
(a) Theories.
(b) Universal statements.
(c) Potential falsifiers.
(d) Singular statements.

2. Popper rejects perceptions because they tie into what type of principles?
(a) Inductive.
(b) Metaphysical.
(c) Deductive.
(d) Logical.

3. Statements that are not testable serve what purpose?
(a) Judge science.
(b) They serve no purpose.
(c) Suggest a problem.
(d) Validate previous experience.

4. What hypothetical estimate of frequency suggests equal distribution, normally based on considerations of symmetry?
(a) Objective probability hypothesis.
(b) Extrapolation of statistical findings.
(c) Equal choice hypothesis.
(d) Random events hypothesis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Popper, what philosophy ignores the hypothetical character of statistically derived estimates?

2. What, according to von Mises, is derived from certain initial probabilities and distributions?

3. What depends on both universal and singular statements?

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

5. How must scientific statements be tested?

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