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Comparative Politics
Test 1
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 2
02/06/2008

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Valid argument

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Denying the consequent is a...
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Invalid argument
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Denying the antecedent is a(n)..
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Invalid argument
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Affirming the consequent is a(n)...

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scientific statement
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something that can be falsified. smoking causes cancer is scientific because it can be disproved. iran is a country is not scientific because it cannot be disproved. whether or not it is a country is dependent on how we define country
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dominant strategy

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A player has a dominant strategy if he always chooses the same action no matter what the other player is doing.

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outcome of a game
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nash equilibrium
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subgame perfect Nash equilibrium

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a set of strategies such that each player plays a Nash equilibrium in every subgame. Put differently, no player can have an incentive to unilaterally change their mind in each subgame given what the other players are doing.

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