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Course Contents: Reasoning & Problem Solving in the Context of the Humanities Parts I and II Home; Module 1 - Orientation; Module 2 - Learning Resources and Pre-Instructional Activities; Module 3 - Selecting and Describing a Topic; Module 4 - Summarizing Information; Module 5 - Beginning Your List of Relevant Information; Module 6 - Focusing on Uncertainties; Module 7 - Reasons and Evidence Supporting Different Views or Conclusions; Module 8 - Bias and Assumptions; Module 9 - Interpreting Evidence; Module 10 - Strengths and Weaknesses of Evidence; Module 11 - Organizing Information; Module 12 - Tasks A & B (RUA2); Module 13 - Task C (RUA2)

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Module 9 - Interpreting Evidence

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Activity 2: Readings

Review Chapter 8, “How Good is the Evidence: Intuition, Personal Experience, Testimonials, and Appeals to Authority?” in Asking the Right Questions.
Review Chapter 9, “How Good is the Evidence: Personal Observation, Research Studies, Case Examples, and Analogies?” in Asking the Right Questions.
Read Chapter 11, “Are the Statistics Deceptive?” in Asking the Right Questions.

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. administrator. (2007, March 02). Module 9 - Interpreting Evidence. Retrieved December 03, 2008, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/reasoning-problem-solving-in-the-context-of-the/a92.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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