Statistics
This measure of central tendency is found by adding all values and dividing by the number of values.
What is the mean/average?
The part of an argument that provides support for a conclusion is called this.
What is evidence?
This type of fact can be investigated or observed in a systematic way.
What is a scientific fact.
The statement "pizza tastes better than hamburgers" is an example of this type of opinion.
What is subjective judgment?
This type of graph uses bars to display data, with bar height representing frequency or value.
What is a bar chart/graph?
A straw man argument, when someone distorts or misrepresents another persons argument to make it easier to attack, is what type of fallacy?
A fact tends to _____ and specific.
What is exact?
Words like 'best', 'worst', 'should', and 'beautiful' often signal these.
What are personal beliefs?
When 68% of the data falls within one of these from the mean, you're looking at a normal distribution.
When someone argues that if we allow A, then B, C, and D will inevitably follow, they're committing what type of fallacy?
What is slippery slope?
Facts are not these that include personal thoughts, beliefs, or judgments.
What is an opinion?
The claim "dogs make better pets than cats" represents this type of opinion.
A wrong one! :)
Or what are personal beliefs?
This percentage represents the middle value when data is arranged from least to greatest.
This logical fallacy attacks the person making the claim rather than addressing the claim itself.
What is ad hominem?
Facts can be used to support or reject a view in this type of interaction.
What is an argument?
What is an individual viewpoint?
This type of graph uses lines to display data across time.
What is a line graph?
This type of reasoning moves from specific observations to broad generalizations.
What is inductive reasoning?
These are a type of scientific fact that involved collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data.
What are statistics?
When someone says "everyone should exercise daily", they're stating this type of opinion.
What is personal belief?