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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 a precondition for rational consideration?
(a) Falsification.
(b) Subjectivity.
(c) Objectivity.
(d) Justification.

2. What holds the fate of a theory?
(a) Other theories.
(b) Decisions.
(c) Justifications.
(d) Point of view.

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

4. What plays a vitally important role in empirical science?
(a) Probability.
(b) Research.
(c) Simplicity.
(d) Inferences.

5. What can observation do for science?
(a) Provide information on facts.
(b) Assume falsification.
(c) Establish the truth of a statement.
(d) Justify statements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Popper suggest is not psychological?

2. What types of statements are scientific theories?

3. What does Popper feel is a fruitless exercise?

4. What depends on both universal and singular statements?

5. What theory is based on random events?

(see the answer key)

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