Claims, opinions, vs reasoned judgements

Inductive vs deductive reasoning

What are the relationship between valid and sound arguments?

Know conditional reasoning ("if-then") arguments.

How to evaluate arguments. (see handout)

Know the fallacies (especially the ones "tagged" in class)

How inductive and deductive reasoning is involved in the scientific process.

The need for operational definitions.

How to establish a causal relationship between two events or variables.

All the terms on the sheet on "Summary of Experiments and their Evaluations"

What is probability?

Multiplicative (and rule) and Additive (or rule)

Common reasoning errors related to probability.
 

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