In the Chapter Feature, "The Written Record: Galileo Asserts Science

question 23

Multiple Choice

In the chapter feature, "The Written Record: Galileo Asserts Science and Religion are Compatible, " how does Galileo attempt to reassure that religion has not been hurt or destroyed by science?

• A)God has set limits on human ingenuity and science cannot go beyond these.
• B)Much of New Science can be found in the Bible.
• C)The Bible has many interpretations.
• D)The church has already established the limit of human ingenuity.
• E)The papacy has an open-mind toward science and its results.

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Definitions:

Z-Test

A statistical method for assessing if there is a significant difference between the means of two populations when variances are known and the sample sizes are large.

Chi-Squared Test

A statistical method employed to assess if the observed frequencies significantly differ from the expected frequencies across one or more categories.

Nominal Data

A type of categorical data for which the categories do not have a natural order or ranking.

Critical Value

A point on the scale of the test statistic beyond which we reject the null hypothesis; it depends on the chosen significance level.