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Answer both questions.  Answers should be about 1000 words each. 

1. The best argument for the existence of God is generally taken to be the Argument from Design, while the best argument against the existence of God is taken to be the Problem of Evil.  Choose one of these arguments and explain the argument and responses to the argument as presented in our textbook.  If you choose the Argument from Design, discuss Aquinas’ argument (The fifth way in the Third Article), as well as Paley’s and Inwagen’s versions.  If you choose the Problem of Evil, discuss Aquinas’ contribution (Third Article, Objection 1 and Reply 1), as well as Johnson’s and Inwagen’s arguments.  Do not simply summarize each author separately.  Your task is to show the relationship among the authors, how they criticize one another’s position and arguments. Remember, the authors are offering arguments that are designed to convince their audiences of their positions.  They are not just offering opinions.

 

2. Most people base their belief in the existence of God on faith, rather than reasoned arguments.  Many cynical people say that faith is believing what you know is not true.  Bertrand Russell sees faith as a form of indoctrination, making it essentially a form of child abuse.  Certainly, on first look, it appears to be unreasonable to believe something for which there is little or no evidence.  Yet, Blaise Pascal argues that it is reasonable to have faith.  Discuss Pascal’s argument, along with the objections and responses found in the Lycan and Schlesinger’s updated version of Pascal’s argument in our textbook, in relationship with Russell’s discussion of faith and St. Thomas Aquinas’s discussion about whether the existence of God is self-evident in the First Article of the “Five Ways to Prove the Existence of God.”  What do each of these authors make of faith and how would they respond to one another? Remember, the authors are offering arguments that are designed to convince their audiences of their positions.  They are not just offering opinions. 

There is a fine line between persuasion and propaganda. Propaganda is prevalent in the media and in our society. In this assignment you will explore what makes information propaganda.

Choose any story from a news related magazine or website. The story should integrate both images and written work. Read the story then examine the images supporting the story.

In a 1-2 page essay, identify the persuasive angle of the story. Describe how the use of images support that angle. Then determine if the story is propaganda or not and explain why. In your explanation explore the target audience of the story’s source and the group or organization behind the story. Include a proper APA citation noting the source of the story.

You are a journalist with the Historical Society and have been asked to ‘go back in time’ and interview Jonathan. Jonathan is a Puritan living at the time when the ‘Founding Fathers’ are working to put together the Constitution. The focus of your interview is to introduce modern readers to Jonathan’s world by asking him about his background, family, culture, worldview, and beliefs – anything that will enable to the modern reader to understand the religious milieu and fervor that would have shaped Jonathan’s world.

The script of your interview should be written in full; showing both the questions you would ask and the responses Jonathan might provide. You must ask a minimum of 5 questions. Insert citations in the interview script so the modern reader might go and learn more about life as a Puritan and/or the religious setting just following the American Revolution.  You should list those sources at the end of your interview document.  Your interview should use a minimum of 3 sources and should be between 2-3 pages long. 

USE THE HARVARD REFERENCING SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE REPORT

Problem 1 (25 pts)

The cost of 14 models of digitals cameras at a camera specialty store during 2014 was as follows:

340 450 450 280 220 340 290 370 400 310 340 430 270 380

1. Compute mean, median, mode, first and third quartile.

2. Compute the variance, standard deviation, range, interquartile range, coefficient of variation, standard error of the mean and Z scores.

3. Determine whether or not there are outliers? Explain.

4. Determine whether or not the data are skewed? If so, how?

5. Based on the previous results what conclusions can you reach concerning the price of digital cameras at a camera specialty store during 2014.

6. Construct a 90%, 95%, 99% confidence interval for the population mean cost of digitals cameras.

7. Interpret the meaning of each interval.

8. What assumption do you need to make about the population of interest to construct the confidence intervals?

Problem 2 (15 pts)

Consider the sample data for plants A, B, C & D of the above company, which are

tabulated in table 1. Test whether the four means are equal at the 5% level of significance. Perform a test that will compare all 4 means at once. We are not interested in pair-wise comparisons at this stage. Please show all the steps in your calculations.

Table 1:

A B C D

333 328 320 333

332 329 321 321

320 323 322 329

326 327 325 330

328 330 326 328

325 331 328 325

323 332 329 333

321 320 330 331

334 324 331 327

322 323 332

320 334

329

330

328

331

330

Problem 3 (30 pts)

Read the article (p. 221 – 225)

«Performance and duration differences between online and paper–pencil tests» and answer the questions below.

Part A.

1. Develop a 95% confidence interval using data from this study.

2. Perform a hypothesis testing using data from this study.

(show all the the appropriate steps).

3. Suggest another statistical technique(s) for the purpose of this study. Explain.

Part B.

For this study briefly describe how the researcher draw conclusions from a sample about a population. Try to be as analytic as possible and use the comments bellow.

1. Determine (or define) the independent variable(s).

2. Determine (or define) the dependent variable(s).

3. Determine (or define) qualitative and quantitative variable(s).

4. Determine (or define) the sample and the population.

5. Describe the statistical method(s) being used and define inferential statistics. Interpret the meaning of p-value.

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