The objectives are under construction; I hope/plan to complete them during the quarter. -Dave

Overall Goals of the Course:

I hope this course gives you tools to critically analyze claims you encounter in the future. This, I hope, will make you a better voter, consumer, and decision maker. I hope that this course also instills a healthy skepticism about unusual claims and teaches you some tricks people can use to fool you.

Specific learning objectives

• Introduction
• The Nature of Science
• The Scientific Method
• Statistics
• Science and the Media
• Pseudoscience

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David M. Hirsch
Modified on Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 11:37 PM