Week 5 - Considering Evidence, Including Statistics
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Key Concepts and Questions
As you read the text and work through the MindEdge Modules, you'll want to pay particularly close attention to the information regarding the following key concepts:
- Evidence is the data from which an interpretation or conclusion is derived.
- Be careful not to confuse data and the interpretation of that data.
- Evidence comes in various forms, such as statistical data, observational data, survey and interview data, expert testimony, eyewitness accounts, personal experience or informal observation.
- Quantitive data refers to data that reflects phenomena that can be, and is, counted.
- Qualitative data refers to descriptive data based on systematic observation of phenomena.
- Evidence is connected to a given interpretation or conclusion by the assumption or assumptions held by the author. These assumptions may be either stated or unstated.
- Evidence is evaluated by applying the standards of thought - clarity, accuracy, relevance, sufficiency, depth, breadth, precision, logicalness.
- Critical thinkers understand that the visual or graphic display of data can be misleading if it is inappropriately manipulated.
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