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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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    • Old exams 1
    • Old exams 2
    • Old exams 3
    • Old exams 4
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Chapter 26: OUR BRAINS INTRINSICALLY MISLEAD US

CHAPTER 26

 




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