PrepTest 48, Section 2, Question 13
Psychology professor: Applied statistics should be taught only by the various social science departments. These departments can best teach their respective students which statistical methodologies are most useful for their discipline, and how best to interpret collected data and the results of experiments.
Psychology professor: Applied statistics should be taught only by the various social science departments. These departments can best teach their respective students which statistical methodologies are most useful for their discipline, and how best to interpret collected data and the results of experiments.
Mathematics professor: I disagree. My applied statistics course covers much of the same material taught in the applied statistics courses in social science departments. In fact, my course uses exactly the same textbook as those courses!
Psychology professor: Applied statistics should be taught only by the various social science departments. These departments can best teach their respective students which statistical methodologies are most useful for their discipline, and how best to interpret collected data and the results of experiments.
Mathematics professor: I disagree. My applied statistics course covers much of the same material taught in the applied statistics courses in social science departments. In fact, my course uses exactly the same textbook as those courses!
Psychology professor: Applied statistics should be taught only by the various social science departments. These departments can best teach their respective students which statistical methodologies are most useful for their discipline, and how best to interpret collected data and the results of experiments.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a questionable aspect of the reasoning in the mathematics professor's response to the psychology professor?
The response gives no evidence for its presumption that students willing to take a course in one department would choose a similar course in another.
The response gives no evidence for its presumption that social science students should have the same competence in statistics as mathematics students.
The response does not effectively address a key reason given in support of the psychology professor's position.
The response depends for its plausibility on a personal attack made against the psychology professor.
The response takes for granted that unless the course textbook is the same the course content will not be the same.
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