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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 6, Degrees of Testability.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is not to be expected of methodology?
(a) Proven theories.
(b) False data.
(c) Profound truths.
(d) Logical constructs.

2. What ties down fundamental ideas?
(a) Rules.
(b) Conventions.
(c) Contradictions.
(d) Constructs.

3. What happens when theories are refined?
(a) They become better explanatory tools.
(b) They become obsolete.
(c) They become proven fact.
(d) Science prevails.

4. What types of statements are scientific theories?
(a) Proven.
(b) Universal.
(c) Singular.
(d) Logical.

5. What does Popper use to check his investigations?
(a) Testability.
(b) Universal statements.
(c) Assumptions.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Statements that are not testable serve what purpose?

2. What does Popper say about positivism?

3. What can observation do for science?

4. What is the theory of theories?

5. Who view natural science as a logical construction of nature?

(see the answer key)

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