If People Can Talk to the Dead, Then the Dead

question 388

Multiple Choice

If people can talk to the dead, then the dead are still alive. People cannot talk to the dead. Therefore, the dead are not still alive.

• A) Deductive, valid.
• B) Inductive, strong.
• C) Deductive, invalid.
• D) Inductive, weak.
• E) Deductive, sound.

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Definitions:

Single-blind Studies

Experimental studies in which the participants do not know which experimental group they belong to (e.g., control or treatment), but the researchers do.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, it is the variable that is tested and measured, expected to change as a result of manipulations of the independent variable.

Manipulates

To control or influence something or someone, often in a skillful manner and sometimes in a deceptive way.

Control Condition

In an experiment, a comparison condition in which participants are not exposed to the same treatment as in the experimental condition.