A confirmation bias can prevent us from accurately interpreting data.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
A confirmation bias is a tendency to only look for evidence for a belief while avoiding possible sources of evidence against the belief. Sometimes people have this bias so strongly that they will simply ignore or reinterpret any contrary evidence they come across.
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The Buddhist monastic order that eventually included laypeople is known as the
a. Bodhgaya. b. Sangha. c. dharma. d. arhat.
Most theorists operate on the assumption that if a hypothesis can be shown to lead to an infinite. True False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"We cannot tell whether or not there are more divorces in Canada than in the US" could be the direct expression of
A) a belief B) a disbelief C) a non-belief
"Ninety percent of students at the Central Tech University wear sandals to class, even in the winter. Ted is a student at the Central Tech University. So, Ted likely wears sandals to class, even in the winter." This illustrates a(n) ________.
A. weak inductive argument B. strong inductive argument C. invalid deductive argument D. valid deductive argument