Scientific Inquiry Multiple Choice

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. Semmelweis was concerned that more instances of childbed fever occurred in the

Vienna General Hospital than in other hospitals. correct incorrect

Vienna General Hospital than in home deliveries. correct incorrect

First Maternity Division than in the Second. correct incorrect

Second Maternity Division than in the First. correct incorrect

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. Semmelweis considered and rejected explanations including

"Atmospheric-cosmic-telluric" influences correct incorrect

Overcrowding correct incorrect

Rough examination by medical students correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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. The hypothesis of infected cadaveric material explained

The lower mortality among street births. correct incorrect

Why the women attended by midwives did not get childbed fever. correct incorrect

Both a. and b. correct incorrect

Why the medical students refused to wash their hands in a solution of chlorinated lime. correct incorrect

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. A modus tollens argument

Is a deductively valid argument form. correct incorrect

Is one way of establishing a true hypothesis. correct incorrect

Is one way of reasoning to a false hypothesis. correct incorrect

Both a and c. correct incorrect

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. A test implication

Is an expected effect of a given hypothesis. correct incorrect

May be true or false. correct incorrect

May be tested for by experiment. correct incorrect

All of the above. correct incorrect

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. When a test has a favorable outcome that means that

The proposed hypothesis is true. correct incorrect

The proposed hypothesis has been proven. correct incorrect

There is support for the hypothesis. correct incorrect

Both a and b. correct incorrect