Week 6 Checkpoint Quiz Results for Nursing Student
Score for this quiz: 82 out of 100.
Question 1
pts
What are the three fundamental reasoning strategies listed in the text?
Your Answer:
The three fundamental reasoning strategies are
1) comparative reasoning
2) ideological reasoning
3) empirical reasoning
Question 2
pts
What is comparative reasoning? On what skill is it based?
Your Answer:
Comparative Reasoning "enables us to make interpretations, draw inferences or offer
explanations by relying on something that is more familiar to understand something that
is less familiar" (Facione and Gittens, 2016)
Question 3
pts
We learned four tests for evaluating arguments: truthfulness of the premises, logical
strength, relevance, and non-circularity. How well do these tests work with respect to
evaluating comparative reasoning? Consider each of the four tests.
Your Answer:
when we use comparative reasoning, we interpret an unfamiliar concept by comparing it
to a familiar concept. Using the four tests for evaluating arguments, this
More depth and detail needed
Question 4
pts
Briefly explain how we can determine if one comparison is more comprehensive than
another.
, Your Answer:
There are four tests we can apply to a comparison to determine if it is comprehensive or
not. the four tests are
1) Are all premises true?
2) Are there counterexamples and how difficult is it to imagine them?
3) Are the premises relevant to the truth of the conclusion?
4) Does the truth of any premise depend on the truth of the conclusion?
(Criteria are found at p. 247) Familiarity, Simplicity, Comprehensiveness, Productivity,
Testability
Question 5
pts
According to the text, the basic question to ask when evaluating a comparison between
two objects or ideas or events is “Are they alike enough in the important ways or not?”
(p. 248). What are those “important ways” that determine the credibility of conclusions
based on similarities?
Your Answer:
"The more pervasive the essential similarities are, the more relevant the comparison is,
and therefore the more credibility a conclusion based on those similarities will
have" (Facione and Gittens, 2016).
We analyze the familiarity, simplicity, comprehensiveness, productivity, and testability of
inferences to determine if the conclusions are credible.
Question 6
pts
In your own words, define empirical reasoning.
Your Answer:
Empirical reasoning is when an individual uses their own personal experiences and
premises that they hold to be true and use their own experiences to support their
argument.
Question 7
pts
What are the three defining characteristics of empirical reasoning?
Your Answer:
Score for this quiz: 82 out of 100.
Question 1
pts
What are the three fundamental reasoning strategies listed in the text?
Your Answer:
The three fundamental reasoning strategies are
1) comparative reasoning
2) ideological reasoning
3) empirical reasoning
Question 2
pts
What is comparative reasoning? On what skill is it based?
Your Answer:
Comparative Reasoning "enables us to make interpretations, draw inferences or offer
explanations by relying on something that is more familiar to understand something that
is less familiar" (Facione and Gittens, 2016)
Question 3
pts
We learned four tests for evaluating arguments: truthfulness of the premises, logical
strength, relevance, and non-circularity. How well do these tests work with respect to
evaluating comparative reasoning? Consider each of the four tests.
Your Answer:
when we use comparative reasoning, we interpret an unfamiliar concept by comparing it
to a familiar concept. Using the four tests for evaluating arguments, this
More depth and detail needed
Question 4
pts
Briefly explain how we can determine if one comparison is more comprehensive than
another.
, Your Answer:
There are four tests we can apply to a comparison to determine if it is comprehensive or
not. the four tests are
1) Are all premises true?
2) Are there counterexamples and how difficult is it to imagine them?
3) Are the premises relevant to the truth of the conclusion?
4) Does the truth of any premise depend on the truth of the conclusion?
(Criteria are found at p. 247) Familiarity, Simplicity, Comprehensiveness, Productivity,
Testability
Question 5
pts
According to the text, the basic question to ask when evaluating a comparison between
two objects or ideas or events is “Are they alike enough in the important ways or not?”
(p. 248). What are those “important ways” that determine the credibility of conclusions
based on similarities?
Your Answer:
"The more pervasive the essential similarities are, the more relevant the comparison is,
and therefore the more credibility a conclusion based on those similarities will
have" (Facione and Gittens, 2016).
We analyze the familiarity, simplicity, comprehensiveness, productivity, and testability of
inferences to determine if the conclusions are credible.
Question 6
pts
In your own words, define empirical reasoning.
Your Answer:
Empirical reasoning is when an individual uses their own personal experiences and
premises that they hold to be true and use their own experiences to support their
argument.
Question 7
pts
What are the three defining characteristics of empirical reasoning?
Your Answer:
