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General forms of knowledge in human culture.  university disciplines, shamans, wise persons, etc.   
 
General forms of knowledge in human culture.  university disciplines, shamans, wise persons, etc.   
 
Review the following topics on quantitative and numeric information, identify the issue and examples used:
 
Review the following topics on quantitative and numeric information, identify the issue and examples used:
#Establishing a measure===
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#Establishing a measure
 
#Percentage and rate
 
#Percentage and rate
 
#Linear Vs. Non linear
 
#Linear Vs. Non linear

Revision as of 23:27, 11 December 2008

Monday, Tuesday 1:00 – 3:00 Jepson 017, Thursday 1:00–3:00 our classroom

Test material- from lectures and reading


Test covers 3 Disciplines of Thought and Validity

Discipline 3: Critical Response

  1. What is the difference between assessing rationales (using the three strategies in Discipline #2) and giving a critical response?
  2. Give an example of a situation in which the best thing to do might be to assessing someone's rationales and a situation in which a broader critical response would be preferred.
  3. Characteristics of giving a good critical response

Discipline 4: Recognizing Knowledge

General forms of knowledge in human culture. university disciplines, shamans, wise persons, etc. Review the following topics on quantitative and numeric information, identify the issue and examples used:

  1. Establishing a measure
  2. Percentage and rate
  3. Linear Vs. Non linear
  4. Baseline
  5. Survey
  6. Cognitive bias (depressive realism- safer in truck)
  7. Probability
  8. Regression and multiple regression

#5 Recognizing Complexity

Understand key concepts

  1. System, complex system
  2. Network
  3. 6 degrees of separation
  4. Konigsberg bridge problem
  5. Coupling
  6. Feedback loops
  7. Buffering affect
  8. Critical variable- indicator variable
  9. Intransparency
  10. Review examples of complex systems: such as police partners, syphilis, gonorrhea, relationships
  11. What are characteristic of people who are good at managing complex systems? (Dorner's research)