Chapter 14, Level 2 Self-Quiz: HI

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. The experimental group is the group that gets the variable being tested.

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. A verifiable prediction does not require an observable event.

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. There are four criteria that need to be considered to fully appreciate the complexity of causality: (1) There should be a correlation between the cause and the effect. (2) The cause should precede the effect. (3) The cause should be in the proximity of the effect. (4) A set of necessary and sufficient conditions should exist.

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. Abductive inference, also known as inference to the best explanation, involves testing a hypothesis in a controlled environment.

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. A nontrivial prediction requires reference to background knowledge, which is everything we know to be true.

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