Weighing competing explanations
Compare explanations by how well they account for the evidence and by their limitations.
Lessons
10 available items- 1
Weighing competing explanations
Compare explanations by how well they account for the evidence and by their limitations.
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Two explanations for lower attendance · Presenting alternative explanations that can be examined
Presenting alternative explanations that can be examined in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Two explanations for lower attendance · Identifying evidence that distinguishes explanations
Identifying evidence that distinguishes explanations in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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An increase in requests for help · Distinguishing poorer service from greater use
Distinguishing poorer service from greater use in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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An increase in requests for help · Examining the denominator in a comparison
Examining the denominator in a comparison in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Success apparently caused by one change · Examining factors that changed at the same time
Examining factors that changed at the same time in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Success apparently caused by one change · Avoiding an oversimplified explanation of a multi-cause result
Avoiding an oversimplified explanation of a multi-cause result in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Understanding different reader responses · Looking for differences in reading conditions
Looking for differences in reading conditions in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Understanding different reader responses · Avoiding explaining differences through an assumed personal trait
Avoiding explaining differences through an assumed personal trait in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
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Favouring an explanation while retaining uncertainty · Identifying the stronger explanation without claiming certainty
Identifying the stronger explanation without claiming certainty in context, with bilingual examples and practice.
Reading
5 available items- 1
Two explanations for lower attendance
A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.
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An increase in requests for help
A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.
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Success apparently caused by one change
A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.
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Understanding different reader responses
A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.
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Favouring an explanation while retaining uncertainty
A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.