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A weak sense critical thinking skill where someone distorts one side of an argument.
What is bias?
The existence of possible meanings for words or phrases.
What is ambiguity.
Making the assumption that one step will set off a series of undesirable events.
What is a Slippery Slope?
the most repeated number in an 'average'
What is the mode?
The two basic approaches to learning discussed in this class
What are the Sponge Approach and the Panning for Gold Approach
Which of the following is NOT an important kind of omitted information to search for?
a.common counter-arguments
b.positive and negative effects of what is advocated
c.value preferences
d. title of article
Title of the article
Issues that raise questions about what we should do or about what is right or wrong.
What are Prescriptive issues?
An attack or insult on a person rather than directly addressing the person's reason.
What is Ad Hominem?
The gap between the highest and lowest numbers
What is the Range?
Beliefs, evidence, metaphors analogies, and other statements to support conclusions.
What are reasons
Plausible alternative explanations that can explain why a certain outcome occurred.
What are Rival Causes?
A helpful way to create multiple reasonable conclusions is to generate
What is if- clauses
An irrelevant topic used to divert attention from an original issue at hand.
What is a Red Herring?
The frequency of numbers occurring
What is the distribution?
A conclusion and the reasons that allegedly support it.
What is an argument
Relevance, authority, accuracy,
currency, and purpose
What is CRAAP?
Searching for alternative reasonable conclusions help prevent,
a.too much emphasis on the strong reasons
b.dichotomous thinking
c.too much emphasis on identifying assumptions
d.searching for rival causes
B. Dichotomous thinking
A person draws a conclusion about a large group based on the experiences with only a few members of that group.
What is a Hasty generalization?
Absolute numbers and percentages
What are needed before you can can judge the impact of the statistics?
A reasoning trick the author might use while trying to persuade you to accept a conclusion.
What are Fallacies
Their logical soundness.
Their consistency with other knowledge you have.
Their previous success in explaining or predicting events.
What is criteria used to evaluate rival causes?
his type of argument tries to show that their conclusions are plausible or likely given the premise(s).
What is an inductive argument?
Assuming that a particular event, B, is caused by another event. A, simply because B follows A in time
What is a Post Hoc Fallacy?
Analyzing and reducing the causal factors of possible disasters. Usually used in health related fields.
What is risk reduction?
Drawing conclusions based solely on opinions.
What is making an assumption.