Unit 7: Law of Averages

Text reading and homework:

Read chapters 16 and 17 of FPP and do the following review exercises:
Chapter 16 (pages 285-286): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10
Chapter 17 (pages 304-306): 1, 2, 4

Reading:

"Red Mind, Blue Mind: The partisan divide over science," by Sharon Begley, Newsweek, December 21, 2009, page 32.

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Possible essay questions:

Do you feel that your position on the new mammogram recommendation "agrees" with your political opinions, and with the other personality traits linked to such opinions in the article?
In what way(s) is the question, "Does global warming exist?", a political question?