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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to von Mises, is derived from certain initial probabilities and distributions?
(a) Event sequences.
(b) Normative probabilities.
(c) Alternatives.
(d) Collectives.

2. What should researchers abstain from doing with regard to the probabilities of their research?
(a) Referring to logic.
(b) Issuing prohibitions.
(c) Using determinants.
(d) Basing research on assumptions.

3. What are hypothetical estimates of frequency?
(a) Alternative sequences.
(b) Infinite sequences.
(c) Random sequences.
(d) Finite sequences.

4. What key component of Popper's view does not equate to truth?
(a) Logic.
(b) Corroboration.
(c) Universal statements.
(d) Falsifiability.

5. What does Popper feel about an axiom in relations of von Mises view of an axiom of randomness?
(a) It is self-contradicting.
(b) Mathematical validity is high.
(c) It is a powerful construct.
(d) It is a weak construct.

6. What increases with the increase of the degrees of falsifiability?
(a) Degrees of universality and precision.
(b) Degrees of testability.
(c) Degrees of justification.
(d) Degrees of singular statements.

7. What type of content is considered valuable according to Popper?
(a) Low empirical content.
(b) Low metaphysical content.
(c) High empirical content.
(d) High metaphysical content.

8. Who does Popper feel has been unsuccessful in purging atomic science of metaphysical influences?
(a) Newton.
(b) Einstein.
(c) Bohr.
(d) Heisenberg.

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

10. What can be predicted using the statistical scatter principle?
(a) A particle's mass.
(b) A particle's speed.
(c) A particle's size.
(d) A particle's path.

11. What does Popper suggest uncertainty statements are derived from?
(a) Singular statements.
(b) Unknowns.
(c) Universal statements.
(d) Logical statement.

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

13. What does Popper dismiss Weyl's use of mathematical simplicity?
(a) Weyl fails to include concrete statements.
(b) Weyl fails to define mathematical simplicity.
(c) Weyl fails to test it empirically.
(d) Weyl fails to include probability.

14. What is complimentary to the degree of falsifiability?
(a) Probability.
(b) Logic.
(c) Justifications.
(d) Empty classes.

15. What do some researchers suggest occurs when the probability is paired with testability?
(a) Probability is eliminated.
(b) Both remain equal.
(c) Probability decreases.
(d) Probability increases.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory attempted to eliminate unobservable events?

2. What is the result, according to Popper, when inductive logic is used?

3. Who does Popper suggest works in probabilistic logic to determine the probability of a hypothesis?

4. According to Popper, since measurement can be altered what does that say about using measurement in science?

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

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