Critical Thinking Online Schedule, Summer 2020

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Preparing for and doing well on Prof. McCormick's Online Quizzes.

1 Basics of Argument 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 6 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 8 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt.

2 Logical Consistency 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 6 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 8 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt.

3 Validity 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 6 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 8 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt.

4 Basics of Argument 2 is open from Friday, July 10 at 12:00 am until Sunday, July 12 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt. We will take the highest score from Basics of Argument 1 and 2.

5 Logical Consistency 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 10 at 12:00 am until Sunday, July 12 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt. We will take the highest score from Consistency 1 and 2.

6 Validity 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 10 at 12:00 am until Sunday, July 12 at 11:59 pm. 30 minutes, one attempt. We will take the highest score from Validity and 2.

7 Advanced Validity 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 13 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 15 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

8 Cogency 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 13 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 15 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

9 Advanced Validity 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 17 at 12:00 am until Sunday, July 19 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from Advanced Validity 1 and 2.

10 Cogency 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 17 at 12:00 am until Sunday, July 19 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

Note: If you are not checking your CSUS email address on a daily basis, you are missing essential information about this course. It is an online course and that email address is one of the necessary channels of communication. Adjust your email client/browser accordingly.

Preparing for and doing well on Prof. McCormick's Online Quizzes.

11 Deductive and Inductive Strength 1 quiz is open from noon on Monday, July 20 at 12:00am until Wednesday, July 22 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

12 Finding the Premises and Conclusion in an Argument 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 20 at 12:00am until Wednesday, July 22 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

13 Deductive and Inductive Strength 2 quiz is open from noon on Friday, July 24 until Sunday, July 26. 24 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

14 Finding the Premises and Conclusion in an Argument 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 24 at noon until Sunday, July 26 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

Strength Homework Assignment 1 (10% of course grade): Strength Homework is due by Sunday, July 26 at 11:59 pm. Copy and paste only the answer sheet into your Google Doc at the bottom and fill it out carefully. No other formats or attachments will be accepted. No assignments will be accepted late.

15 Midterm Exam 1 covers all previous quiz/course material up to, but not including the week of July 27. Go into your grades, click on your previous scores to see your earlier quizzes. See Preparing for and doing well on Prof. McCormick's Online Quizzes for study guidance. Midterm Exam 1 will be open from Monday, July 27 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 29 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 60 minutes.

16 Scientific Reasoning 1 quiz is open from Monday, July 27 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, July 29 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

17 Midterm Exam 2 See Preparing for and doing well on Prof. McCormick's Online Quizzes for study guidance. Open from Friday, July 31 at 12:00 am until Sunday, August 2 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 60 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

18 Scientific Reasoning 2 quiz is open from Friday, July 31 at 12:00 am until Sunday, August 2 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

19 Statistical Arguments 1 quiz is open from Monday, August 3 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, August 5 at 11:59 pm. One attempt. 30 minutes.

20 Correlation Arguments 1 quiz is open from Monday, August 3 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, August 5 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

21 Statistical Arguments 2 quiz is open from Friday, August 7 at 12:00 am until Sunday, August 9 at 11:59 pm. One attempt. 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

22 Correlation Arguments 2 quiz is open from Friday, August 7 at 12:00 am until Sunday, August 9 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2. Reconstruction Homework Assignment (10% of course grade): Reconstruction Homework is due by Sunday, Aug. 9 at 11:59 pm. Copy and paste the homework into a document of your own, do the reconstructions as instructed, then copy and paste only the reconstructions, not the original argument passages, into your Last Name Critical Thinking Google Doc at the bottom. Do not submit this assignment as a new Google Doc. No other formats or attachments will be accepted.

23 Causal Arguments 1 quiz is open from Monday, August 10 at 12:00 am until Wednesday, August 12 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

24 Final Exam 1 covers everything from the midterm; everything since and including the week of the midterm exam. Open from Monday, August 10 at 12:00am until Wednesday, August 12 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 60 minutes.

25 Optional: Biases, Fallacies, and Errors in Reasoning 1 quiz is open from Monday, August 10 at 12:00 am until Tuesday, August 11 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.

If you choose to do these optional quizzes, and you score higher than an earlier set, then the optional quiz score will replace the earlier score.

Note the dates on these quizzes. They run Thursday until Friday this week, not until Sunday:

26 Causal Arguments 2 quiz is open from Thursday, August 13 at 12:00 am until Friday, August 14 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

27 Final Exam 2 covers everything from the midterm; everything since and including the week of the midterm. Open from Thursday, August 13 at 12:00 am until Friday, August 14 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 60 minutes. We will take the highest score from 1 and 2.

28 Optional: Biases, Fallacies, and Errors in Reasoning 2 quiz is open from Wednesday, August 12 at 12:00 am until Thursday, August 13 at 11:59 pm. One attempt, 30 minutes.