Your friend made an ecological fallacy about a group of students in your class. Write an e-mail to your friend stating the ecological fallacy, why it is a fallacy, and how you would gather data to prove that it is a fallacy.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies based on students’ choice of fallacy and explanations.
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a. The amount of research on family therapy increased four-fold. b. Traditional academic settings became the hotbed of the family therapy movement. c. Released from the economic constraints of academia, family therapy became a profitable enterprise. d. all of the above
Individuals with trichotillomania will pull hair out of anxiety or boredom as the behavior
provides a distraction, pleasure, or a relief from anxiety
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.The George W. Bush administration
a. added Medicare Part D for drug benefits b. removed drug benefits from Medicare c. introduced the Affordable Care Act d. negotiated with pharmaceutical companies to get lower drug prices for everyone
One of characteristic of post-modern social movements is that
a. they frequently composed of open, but tightly structured, networks. b. they are concerned with self-determination rather than dominance. c. satisfied with reality as it is. d. they are not seeking to contest the very foundations of society.