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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What formula, developed by Popper, suggests that no aggregate of particles is more homogeneous than a pure case?
(a) Statistical pure case formula.
(b) Particle formula.
(c) Wave formula.
(d) Statistical scatter relations formula.

2. What does Popper note about conventionalists appeal to simplicity?
(a) It was too fundamental.
(b) It cannot be practical.
(c) It could not save them from arbitrariness.
(d) There was no logic in it.

3. What does Popper eliminate from the common frequency theory by using mathematical and narrative approaches?
(a) Subjectivity.
(b) Chance.
(c) Axioms of convergence.
(d) Doubt.

4. What does Popper thinks about Wittgenstein, Schlick, and Feigl's thoughts on simplicity as a basic law?
(a) It fully explains the law.
(b) It should include probability.
(c) It misses crucial points.
(d) It cannot be tested.

5. In chapter 9, what does Popper use to test his probability theory?
(a) Biology.
(b) Quantum physics.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is complimentary to the degree of falsifiability?

2. How does Popper explain the differences in his selection process?

3. According to Popper, what takes the place of strict laws in atomic science?

4. What theory does Heisenberg begin this investigation with?

5. What do some researchers suggest occurs when the probability is paired with testability?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the basic contribution that Popper makes to the logic of the theory of probability?

2. What does Popper demonstrate by using probability theory?

3. Why does Popper dismiss cardinality in terms of giving meaning to a class of events?

4. What does Popper believe regarding the logical proximity of a theory to empirical statements?

5. What role does simplicity play in theories of inductive logic?

6. What two scientific arguments does Popper use to verify his beliefs about inductivists?

7. What is the concern with using infinite sequences?

8. Why does Popper prefer quantitative over qualitative methods?

9. What does Popper say about simplicity and the philosophers who emphasize its importance?

10. What is the basis of the wave theory used by Schrödinger?

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