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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Popper claim can never be probable?
(a) Nature.
(b) Theories.
(c) Hypothetical assumptions.
(d) Laws.

2. How does Popper describe the link between the hypothesis and physical selections in Heisenberg's theory?
(a) There is no valid connection.
(b) They are inseparable.
(c) They are separable.
(d) Quantum physics must be considered.

3. If two statements have equal logical content what must also be equal?
(a) Their inductive reasoning.
(b) Their logical probability.
(c) Empirical content.
(d) Their justification.

4. By seeking the highest degree of universality and precision, what type of content results?
(a) High assumed content.
(b) High empirical content.
(c) High deductive content.
(d) High positive content.

5. What theory does Schrödinger begin this investigation with?
(a) Wave theory.
(b) Particle theory.
(c) Sound theory.
(d) Light theory.

6. What does Popper assume is a main characteristic of quantum theory formula?
(a) It is subject to time.
(b) It is a probability hypothesis.
(c) It has definitive answers.
(d) It is dependent on the number of particles present.

7. What will classes with greater dimensions have?
(a) More complications.
(b) More relationships with other events.
(c) More justifications.
(d) More testability.

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

9. What type of classes are singled out and can not be subject to the rigors of scientific empirical scrutiny?
(a) Unique classes.
(b) Sub-classes.
(c) Empty classes.
(d) Unified classes.

10. What involves considering the number of favorable cases divided by the number of possible cases?
(a) Concrete probability.
(b) Abstract probability.
(c) Numerical probability.
(d) Non-numerical probability.

11. What are easier to test and falsify?
(a) Complex structures.
(b) Singular structures.
(c) Simple structures.
(d) Unified structures.

12. What theory does Heisenberg begin this investigation with?
(a) Light theory.
(b) Particle theory.
(c) Sound theory.
(d) Wave theory.

13. What type of numerical interpretation requires that probabilities be only expressed as frequencies?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Subjective.
(c) Non-empirical.
(d) Objective.

14. What view of probability depends on inductive logic?
(a) Naturalistic view.
(b) Inductive view.
(c) Deductive view.
(d) Hypothetical view.

15. What law suffers from the metaphysics of induction?
(a) The law of science.
(b) The law of causality.
(c) The law of nature.
(d) The law of gravity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is complimentary to the degree of falsifiability?

2. What should researchers abstain from doing with regard to the probabilities of their research?

3. What does Popper say about the number of possible events with regard to testability?

4. How does Popper negate positivist notions regarding the meaninglessness of certain scientific statements?

5. When comparing empirical content, what two factors must the relationship points fall between?

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