Balony Detection Kit
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Why are statistics important to science? | It is important because it tells you how likely an event is to occur.
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| *How do you calculate the probability of an event? | The event divided by the total number of possible outcomes.
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| *What is the probability of an impossible event? | Zero
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| *What is the probability of an event that is certain to happen? | One
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| What does probability theory say about coincidences, even rare coincidences? | That it is rare, however if there are high amounts of chances for the extremely unlikely event, then the unlikely event should occur at some point.
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| What is the lunar effect? Does it really happen? | The idea that the moon phase (specifically full moon) has an impact on the number of hospital admissions, the suicide rate, number of dog bites, etc.
It does not really happen.
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| What is subjective validation? | Disregarding contradictory information.
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| *What is the Forer Effect? | The tendency for people to accept generic personal feedback consisting on relatively trivial statements with a high base rate, as being highly accurate.
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| *What is Occam's Razor? | The idea that given all the possible explanations of some phenomenon, the explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the one that is most likely correct.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
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If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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