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BUS 290: Critical Thinking for Managers. Text Table of Contents #9: How Good is the Evidence?. How Good is the Evidence?. Factual claims are: Descriptive conclusion. Reasons used to support descriptive or prescriptive conclusion. Descriptive assumtions. How Good is the Evidence?.
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BUS 290: Critical Thinking for Managers Text Table of Contents #9: How Good is the Evidence?
How Good is the Evidence? • Factual claims are: • Descriptive conclusion. • Reasons used to support descriptive or prescriptive conclusion. • Descriptive assumtions.
How Good is the Evidence? • Accepting a factual claim requires establishing how dependable the claim is. • Accept as dependable when: • Undisputed (relatively) common knowledge. • Concluded from a well reasoned argument. • Supported by good evidence within the argument.
How Good is the Evidence? • Major types of evidence • Intuition • Personal experience • Case examples • Testimonials • Appeals to authority • Personal observations • Research studies • Analogies
Is She a Witch? • Proving she is a witch • What is the argument? • Conclusion • Reasons • Assumptions • Test of reasoning? • Fallacies? • Evidence?