Thinking Scientifically: Using the Five Steps of Critical Thinking to Evaluate Survey Data

(Notes from Books #1)

1. What am I being asked to believe or accept?
2. What evidence supports this position?
3. Are there other ways this evidence could be interpreted?
4. What other evidences would I need to evaluate these alternatives?
5. What are the most reasonable conclusion?

(Book: Discovering Psychology: the Science of Mind. John T. Cacioppo & Laura A. Freberg. P.50-51)