Lecture 11A: Generalizations, Polling, Fallacies, Review

Business
1.  Take-home midterms
a.  You. Must. Justify. Your. Answers.  That's the whole point of this course.  Beliefs and assertions do not equal justifications and arguments.
b.  A minority of people (groups?) are still confused about basic concepts:  PA, IR, BoP, Sufficiency. Please come see me during office hours so I can help you.  Don't wait until it's too late.
c.  "More statistics and facts are needed".  "Cuz it has facts..."  "Cuz it has statistics..."  "Cuz it doesn't have enough facts/statistics"
d.  Bias vs illegitimate bias.

2. April 4:  Last chance to drop.  If you're unsure, you should come see me during office hours.

3.  READ: Atlantic and Psychiatric Drug Research for Blog Reviews (Optional: the half-life of facts). The links are in the syllabus Week 14.

4.  Go Over HW 10B

5.  Practice Generalizations and Polling.

6.  Practice Fallacies.