The null hypothesis overrides our assumption from the beginning of the…
Many superstitions are examples of post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacies. During the times of the Salem witch trials, the ignorance of the people prevented them from thinking rationally and they quickly adapted to blaming their misfortunes on other unrelated objects and people. After Dr. Hale arrives to examine Betty, Giles asks him if he should worry about his wife because she reads books: “ Last night -mark this- I tried and tried and could not say my prayers. And then she closed her book and walks out of the house, and suddenly -mark…
Hasty Generalization: "Hastily generalization fallacy" is in which a conclusion is not logically justified by sufficient evidence for example: in paragraph 8, it is an example of hastily generalization. In this example, the Author is basing her generalization from a particular to a general argument.…
This is also an example of persuasive comparisons as Prentiss (2005) is making a comparison of her analysis to Hayden’s and suggesting that Hayden’s analysis is weak and not accurate. In…
However the conclusion was not drawn by a scientist or the scientists conducting the study but instead the author of the…
The chapter “Thinking Scientifically,” from Natalie Angier's book, The Canon, analyzes the advantages of the application of scientific processes in daily life. This is first done through a description of science as a dynamic state of mind, rather than a list of facts to be memorized and regurgitated. In what amounts to a minor attack on the way science is regularly taught, Angier quotes David Stevenson, saying “Many teachers who don't have a deep appreciation of science present it as a set of facts... What's often missing is the idea of critical thinking, how you assess which ideas are reasonable and which are not,” (Angier, 19). This—the mode through which science is taught, and the subsequent ways which students believe it can or cannot be…
Although evidence is provided to support the claim, the argument is weak based on generalizations, irrelevancies,…
False-positive psychology: Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant. Psychological science, 22(11),…
Based on his study, what would you conclude about the impact of social structure on social interaction? That even if we are normally one thing we are willing to behave/conform to what we think society is telling us we have to be. We are willing to assimilate within the group or surroundings (based on which side you’re viewing) due to what we perceive our position to be and assume the associated roles/norms that go with it. And sometimes just to maintain our own sanity.…
The Bad Example is introduced to us with two ways it's represented with the first being misinterpreting the evidence and the second being hasty generalization, sometimes people use examples to support their own desires or preferences when they both don’t go together, and the hasty generalization refers to the lack of examples to…
These days many researchers are trying to figure out why things cause other things. These are called correlation studies. The process in seeing how things relate to each other and affect one another. Yet many correlations are false. It is not a valid way of proving a point.…
It makes that the results cannot be extrapolated to the general…
A hypothesis is an educated guess based upon observation, but what has not yet been proved. One can speculate about a possible outcome with regards to research, but speculation can become evidence when it supports a hypothesis through careful research methods and analysis. Facts are evidenced that can be verified and replicated. Depression is a serious mental health issue affecting nearly 16 million adults each year or roughly “7%” of the American population (nami.org, n.d.) Depression affects people of all ages, races and socioeconomic status (nami.org, n.d.).…
1. Red Herring is a “fallacy in which a deliberate distraction is used in an attempt to veer the listener away from the real question at hand.” I always notice this fallacy whenever I go to the mall and most of it is based between the parent and kids. The mom or dad tries to diver their kid’s attention.…
3.8. DEDUCTIVE RESEARCH “A deductive approach is concerned with developing a hypothesis (or hypotheses) based on existing theory, and then designing a research strategy to test the hypothesis” (Wilson, 2010:7) Monette et al (2005: 34) further explains deductive approach by the means of hypotheses, which can be derived from the propositions of the theory. In other words, deductive approach is concerned with deducting conclusions from premises or propositions. “Deduction begins with an expected pattern that is tested against observations, whereas induction begins with observations and seeks to find a pattern within them” (Babbie, 2010: 52). Is has been stated that “deductive means reasoning from the particular to the general.…