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Chapter 14: The Realm of the Inductive IV: Causal Inference

After Chapter 14: Section 1:
14.1 Videos Necessary vs. Sufficient Conditions

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5LqNm9d2__I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Wireless Philosophy on necessary vs. sufficient conditions” description=”Wireless Philosophy on necessary vs. sufficient conditions”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5LqNm9d2__I&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Wireless Philosophy on necessary vs. sufficient conditions”]3:15
14.2 Tutorial Types of Causal Claim 10 points
14.3 Quiz Types of Causal Claim Points = 20 x Percent Score
After Chapter 14: Section 4:
14.4 Videos Correlation Versus Causality

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”lbODqslc4Tg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Freakonomics channel lecture on correlation and causality” description=”Freakonomics channel lecture on correlation and causality”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”lbODqslc4Tg&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Freakonomics channel lecture on correlation and causality”]1:29
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”K9ielShbIRo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Prof. Walter on correlation vs. causality” description=”Prof. Walter on correlation vs. causality”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”K9ielShbIRo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Prof. Walter on correlation vs. causality”]20:11
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”FJcUU0GXsms&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Correlation vs. causation short lecture” description=”Correlation vs. causation short lecture”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”FJcUU0GXsms&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Correlation vs. causation short lecture”]3:17
14.5 Tutorial Using the Rules of Agreement and Difference to Establish Deterministic Causes 10 points
14.6 Quiz Using the Rules of Agreement and Difference to Establish Deterministic Causes Points = 20 x Percent Score
After Chapter 14: Section 5:
14.7 Tutorial Evaluating Statistical Causal Inference 10 points
14.8 Quiz Evaluating Statistical Causal Inference Points = 20 x Percent Score
After Chapter 14: Section 7:
14.9 Videos Faulty Causal Inference

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5A7hSaoRv0g&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Wireless Philosophy lecture on post hoc ergo propter hoc” description=”Wireless Philosophy lecture on post hoc ergo propter hoc”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”5A7hSaoRv0g&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Wireless Philosophy lecture on post hoc ergo propter hoc”]5:41
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vRJUvFG8gbE&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”The Big Bang Theory clip” description=”The Big Bang Theory clip”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vRJUvFG8gbE&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”The Big Bang Theory clip”]0:42
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”HL_vHDjG5Wk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”The West Wing clip” description=”The West Wing clip”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”HL_vHDjG5Wk&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”The West Wing clip”]1:27
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vv-MwUMvJZ4&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Cartoon clip” description=”Cartoon clip”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”vv-MwUMvJZ4&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Cartoon clip”]2:06
14.10 Videos Faulty Causal Inference Surrounding Vaccination and Autism

  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”RfdZTZQvuCo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Penn and Teller on the dread fear of vaccinations and autism” description=”Penn and Teller on the dread fear of vaccinations and autism”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”RfdZTZQvuCo&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Penn and Teller on the dread fear of vaccinations and autism”]1:30
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”u6gpw_Deth8&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 1″ description=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 1″] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”u6gpw_Deth8&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 1″]9:50
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”HGb9m1dbNdM&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 2″ description=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 2″] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”HGb9m1dbNdM&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”Khan Academy lecture on the Wakefield study of vaccination and autism part 2″]9:00
  • [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”VPOrnU3ImxI&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 anchor=”PBS report on the vaccine wars” description=”PBS report on the vaccine wars”] [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”VPOrnU3ImxI&rel=0″ width=640 height=400 auto_thumb=”1″ description=”PBS report on the vaccine wars”]54:01
14.11 Tutorial Identifying Faulty Causal Inference 10 points
14.12 Quiz Identifying Faulty Causal Inference Points = 20 x Percent Score
14.13 Tutorial Chapter 14 Concept Review 15 points
After Chapter 14: Section 9:
14.14 Quiz Cumulative Quiz: Identifying Faulty Inductive Arguments
(Faulty Appeals to Authority; Faulty Generalization; Faulty Instantiation; Faulty Analogy; and Faulty Causal Reasoning)		 Points = 60 x Percent Score
After Chapter 14: Section 10:
14.15 Quiz Cumulative Quiz: Identifying Major Fallacies Discussed So Far
(Fallacies of Faulty Assumption; Fallacies of Ambiguity; Fallacies of Relevance; and Faulty Inductive Arguments)		 Points = 160 x Percent Score