Science Says...

When you want to read more information on a website, you may need to ____________ down a page.

• scroll

• browse

• feed

• conduct

往往，經常

• More often than not

• More or less

• More than a little

• All the more

Who are the participants of the study?

• 46 males.

• 46 females.

• 23 males and 23 females.

• 6 males and 40 females.

23 participants were asked to sing for 10 minutes each day, while the others were given a __________ of placebo each day.

• cap

• table

• cub

• dose

How long was the study?

• 1 month.

• 2 months.

• 3 months.

• 4 months.

How is the group who took a dose of a placebo(安慰劑) called?

• Contrast group.

• Control group.

• Comparison group.

• Counter group.

The overall time frame, only three months, was too short to ___________ the headline's sweeping claim.

• justify

• extend

• concern

• represent

Which is the question of correlation about?

• The relationship between singing and death.

• The relationship between blood pressure and strokes.

• The relationship between strokes and singing.

• The relationship between death and strokes.

A headline that links singing directly to longevity presents an oversimplified view of causation and ignores ________________________ that could be at play.

• any factor

• all factors

• any the other factor

• all the other factors

Which of the following is true?

• You'd better raise questions after accepting the claims of a scientific headline.

• Plowing through scientific reports is a lot easier than reading headlines.

• It is better to be more careful as far as your health is concerned.

• A scientific headline is sufficient for people to judge a reality.