Glossary Quiz 4 Flashcards
(21 cards)
Random Sample
A sample in which all possible participants in the study have an equal chance of being selected for observation.
Rebut
To contradict or oppose an argument, often by critquing the various elements of the opposing argument.
Rebuttal
The act of rebutting; argument or proof that rebuts.
Relationship
A common topic that develops an argument by examining the connection or implication between two examples.
Rhetoric
The art of public speaking.
Rhetorician
A public speaker.
Sample
A group specially selected for a research study and which typically represents a picture of the general population.
Slippery Slope
A variation in the fallacy of false cause in which it is assumed that one step in a given direction will lead much further down. that path without an argument being given for why one thing will inevitably lead to another.
Sophists
Rhetoricians who focused more on the sound and style of a speech, rather than on the content.
Snob Appeal
A fallacy in which the speaker appeals to a sense of elitism or to those of “discriminating taste.”
Species
A group of words having similar characteristics that distinguish them from other groups in the same genus.
Statistics
The science of observing, organizing, and summarizing data into meaningful patters; numbers that represent a large quantity of examples; a subtopic of testimony that represents an authority’s summary of pertinent information.
Straw Man Fallacy
A fallacy that occurs when someone distorts his opponent’s argument to ridiculus extremes in order to make it easier to defeat or deny.
Sufficient Cause
A cause that may, but not necessarily, bring about a certain effect.
Syllogism
A deductive, formal argument consisting of two premises followed by a conclusion.
Synonym
A word that has the same or similar meaning as another word.
Testimonial
An average person’s published experiance. (written or spoken) of a situation, product, or phenomenon; a subtopic of Testimony.
Testimony
A common topic that develops arguments through examining the insight of famous or regular people.
Thesis Statement
A declaritive statement of opinion that can be proven true or false.
Vagueness or Vauge
A word describing a term that lacks precision because of overuse or because of its wide range of meanings.
Wishful Thinking
Believing that something is true because you want it to be true rather than because of the facts or evidence merit that belief.
