Asking the Right Questions
Author | : M. Neil Browne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2001 |
ISBN-10 | : 0130891347 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780130891341 |
Rating | : 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The benefit of asking the right questions - What are the issue and the conclusion? - What are the reasons? - Which words or phrases are ambiguous? - What are the value conflicts and assumptions? - What are the descriptive assumptions? - Are there any fallacies in the reasoning? - How good is the evidence : intuition, appeals to authority, and testimonials? - How good is the evidence : personal observation, case studies, research studies, and analogies? - Are there rival causes? - Are the statistics deceptive? - What significant information is omitted? - What reasonable conclusions are possible? - Practice and review -