Mitt Romney claimed that he was supportive of women's rights and equal pay because he had binders full of women.
What is tokenism?
100
Perhaps the most important component when evaluating what a chart or graph really means.
What are labels?
100
If you like children and puppies, you need to be careful about leaving out chemicals. Chemicals kill children and puppies.
What is emotional appeal?
100
This ad says that Michael Jordan wears this type of deodorant. It must be the best!
What is appeal to authority/celebrity endorsement?
100
The number of days for which the Stanford Prison Experiment ran.
What is six? (Sunday to Friday)
200
Jenny McCarthy says that parents shouldn't vaccinate their children.
What is appeal to authority?
200
The number reached by adding up a series of numbers and dividing by the quantity of numbers.
What is the mathematical average or mean?
200
Jim told me that he spend the night in Wentworth Castle, and that he saw a ghost. Susan didn't see a ghost, but she felt cold and creepy. Bob said he heard voices. Wentworth Castle must be haunted!
What is anecdotal evidence?
200
The group to which an ad appeals: wealthy men, in the case of the "most interesting man in the world" Dos Equis ads.
What is demographic?
200
The reason Dobson lists for the failure of Easter Island.
What are rats?
300
In "Macbeth," Macbeth is told that "none of woman born shall harm Macbeth... until Birnham wood to Dunsinane shall rise against him." Macbeth is killed by Macduff while Duncan's soldiers wear branches on their helmets.
What is equivocation?
300
The middle number in a series of numbers.
What is the median?
300
I asked a group of students at UR about their opinions on Twitter. This tells me that people use Twitter more than regular mail or the phone. I'm going to Tweet "happy birthday" to my grandma to make sure she gets it.
What is a non-representative sample?
300
The presumptions made by an ad about something's importance. For instance, the assumption that women want to look good to attract men in makeup ads.
What is worldview/bias?
300
The statues on Easter Island that Diamond suggests contributed to the fall of its civilization.
What are moai?
400
Bananas, chili peppers, chocolate, cheese, and spinach are some of my favorite foods. I bet if I mix them together it will taste great!
What is the fallacy of composition?
400
I asked 1000 people whether or not they brush their teeth at least twice every day. All of them said they did, however, I don't think that's the case.
What is the problem of self-reporting?
400
The reason that conservatives tend to prefer Fox and liberals tend to prefer CNN or CNBC.
What is confirmation bias?
400
More moms choose Jiff than any other peanut butter brand.
What is appeal to popularity?
400
The type of mining in Montana which Diamond says is destroying the environment.
What is frakking?
500
To die, to sleep; to sleep, perchance to dream;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil
Must give us pause.
What is appeal to ignorance?
500
In Dhall, I watch three out of six students get milk with lunch. Half of UR students must drink milk with their lunches!
What is small sample size?
500
The primary motivator behind how news stories are chosen and why they run in the order they do.
What are ratings?
500
The demographic most often depicted in ads.
What is the white upper-middle class?
500
This ended recently and might mean that we'll have to pay more for Netflix than other websites.