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CORS 236 (UIdaho)
A course about making decisions, evaluating information, and knowing what to trust.
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The Scientific Method (1-3)
Chapter 1: WHY SCIENCE MATTERS
Chapter 2: A TEMPLATE FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Chapter 3: HOW NON-SCIENTISTS USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Models (4 – 9)
Chapter 4: MODELS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE
Chapter 5: ALL MODELS ARE FALSE. BUT SOME ARE USEFUL ANYWAYS.
Chapter 6: MODELS OF SEX IN CONDOM TESTING
Chapter 7: ARE YOU TOO INTOXICATED TO DRIVE SAFELY?
Chapter 8: ERADICATING INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Chapter 9: EXTRAPOLATING HEALTH RISKS
Evidence (10 – 15)
Chapter 10: Why Error is Unavoidable
Chapter 11: REDUCING THE ERROR, A TEMPLATE FOR IDEAL DATA
Chapter 11A: Where numbers come from
Chapter 12: DRUG AND DWI TESTING PROTOCOLS ENSURE DATA ACCURACY
Chapter 13: DNA TYPING NOW AND BEFORE
Chapter 14. Science and the criminal justice system
Chapter 15. Data Presentation
Interpretation and Conclusions (16 – 20)
Chapter 16: IS SCIENCE LOGICAL
Chapter 17: UNCERTAINTY AND RANDOM: WHEN IS CONCLUSION JUSTIFIED?
Chapter 18: CORRELATIONS ARE HARD TO INTERPRET
Chapter 19: Controls
Chapter 20: Experiments make the best controls
Impediments to Scientific Progress (22 – 25)
Chapter 22: SOME PROBLEMS ARE INTRINSICALLY DIFFICULT
Chapter 23: BIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF BEING GAY: BIOLOGICAL DETERMINISM?
Chapter 24: CONFLICT AND THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE
Chapter 25: DELIBERATE BIAS: HOW CONFLICT CREATES BAD SCIENCE
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Exams
Old exams 1
Old exams 2
Old exams 3
Old exams 4
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