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A famous athlete appears on a television infomercial and claims that a new device to alleviate aches and pains has been extremely effective for her. Because no published, peer-reviewed studies have supported the effectiveness of the device, this may be an example of:
 
  a. superstition
  b. empiricism
  c. science
  d. pseudoscience

Question 2

Pseudoscientific claims are typically not:
 
  a. read by a large number of people.
  b. testable.
  c. published in peer-reviewed journals.
  d. the subject of advertisements.


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Mholman93

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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