16 Final Exam
Held in class on Thursday, September 10.
- Closed book, individual. 76 points, 30 minutes.
- Covers Sessions 10–13: the second half of the fallacy catalogue, misinformation, persuasion and rhetoric, and correlation and causation, and the required readings assigned for those sessions. Not cumulative.
- Five parts: A name the move · C which appeal, and is it grounded · E explain the correlation · F read the study · G readings.
- Session 14 is a workshop and is not examinable. Session 13’s own material on reading a study is examinable — it is Part F, worth 14 points.
- Tests knowledge of the theories and facts developed across the course and independent critical thinking.
Revise from Session 15 — Final Review.