Attributed to Libby Rittenberg and Timothy Tregarthen Saylor.org14.. Suppose you were asked to test the proposition that publishing students’ teacher evaluations causes grade inflation..
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14 Suppose you were asked to test the proposition that publishing
students’ teacher evaluations causes grade inflation What evidence
might you want to consider? How would the inability to carry out
controlled experiments make your analysis more difficult?
15 Referring to the Case in Point “Baldness and Heart Disease,” explain
the possible fallacy of false cause in concluding that baldness makes a
person more likely to have heart disease
16 In 2005 the Food and Drug Administration ordered that Vioxx and
other popular drugs for treating the pain of arthritis be withdrawn
from the market The order resulted from a finding that people taking
the drugs had an increased risk of cardiovascular problems Some
researchers criticized the government’s action, arguing that
concluding that the drugs caused the cardiovascular problems
represented an example of the fallacy of false cause Can you think of
any reason why this might be the case?