Other Things Being Equal, the More Background Information a Claim

question 14

Multiple Choice

Other things being equal, the more background information a claim conflicts with, the more reason we have to…

• A) Revise our background information
• B) Believe it
• C) Doubt it
• D) Try to prove it

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Definitions:

Uniform Distribution

A distribution of probabilities where each possible outcome is equally probable.

Waiting Time

The time period a person or object spends waiting to receive a service or undergo a process.

Uniform Distribution

A type of probability distribution in which every event has an equally likely chance of occurring within a specified range.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that a given event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1.