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Astronomy quiz question: Aristotle's first principles

Astronomy 210 Quiz 2, Spring Semester 2010
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Aristotle based his model of the universe on first principles, which:
(A) are ideas accepted as truth without further examination.
(B) are universal statements of cause and effect.
(C) are predictions that could be tested by observations.
(D) describe phenomena without explaining why it occurs.

Correct answer: (A)

Response (C) are hypotheses; response (D) are empirical laws.

Section 30674
(A) : 30 students
(B) : 9 students
(C) : 1 student
(D) : 5 students

"Success level": 69% (including partial credit for multiple-choice)
Discrimination index (Aubrecht & Aubrecht, 1983): 0.51

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Patrick M. Len said...

Astronomy 210 Quiz 2, Fall Semester 2010
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Section 70160
(A) : 19 students
(B) : 3 students
(C) : 9 students
(D) : 8 students

"Success level": 53% (including partial credit for multiple-choice)
Discrimination index (Aubrecht & Aubrecht, 1983): 0.55