Vocab, readings for Alex’s ATHK lectures and tutorials

Readings

Important

• ArgumentsIntroHandout, available from eLearning.

• Vocab_and_Readings (this document!). To find some definitions of the terms, open Vocab_and_Readings.Rmd and you’ll see definitions in the comments, indicated by <!--- comment text -->. With this version, you can quiz yourself and subsequently check the definition in the .Rmd version.

• The power of critical thinking by Vaughn, Chapter 1, http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/search/r?SEARCH=ATHK1001 (or Chapters 2 and 3 of Bassham et al.’s Critical Thinking)

• Think Critically by Facione, Chapter 6: Evaluate the Credibility of Claims and Sources, http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/search/r?SEARCH=ATHK1001

Actually, all the chapters of the above two books are helpful, but only one chapter from each could be put online without violating copyright.

Not-as-important

• r-squared http://blog.minitab.com/blog/adventures-in-statistics/regression-analysis-how-do-i-interpret-r-squared-and-assess-the-goodness-of-fit

• https://alexholcombe.wordpress.com/2016/02/03/problems-with-controlling-for-variables-quick-notes/ The first few paragraphs are helpful for explaining “controlling for”, but then it quickly becomes very advanced.

Vocabulary

• Correlation, used in this class to mean linear correlation.
• Quasi / natural experiment
• r
• r-squared and shared variance
• IV vs DV
• Confound
• Omitted variable
• Spurious correlation
• Causal model
• Contingency table
• Residual
• Nonlinear model
• Enthymeme

• Casting arguments

• Controlled variable

• “Controlling for” a variable

• Necessary versus sufficient

• Syllogisms

• Validity

• Soundness

• Deduction

• Induction

• Strong

• Cogent

• Circularity

• dogmatism

• Survivorship

• Confabulation

• Enthymeme

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