One of the reasons that sampling is important is that it is not likely that an investigator to be able to study all the people or cases in a given category. ... A sample is taken from the entire group of people or cases that involve direct interest to their investigation. ... There is also a lot of ways to cause errors within the sample. ... We learned that a sample of a small universe can be small. ... These are the reasons and how and why the sample size is important when conducting research. ...

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Another instance where the problem of induction is shown up by Hume is the theory of causation, that all events have causes. ... But how do we know the plant will grow? How do we know the machine will dysfunction? ... How does this individual go about doing his job? ... For example: If I say that all frogs can swim, I can falsify that particular statement by finding a frog that cannot swim. ...

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However, when this stage of excitement is over people can slip into state of depression. ... They could in fact cause damage to a nuclear reactor, or to a fighter jet. ... However, many mistakes are caused by human error. The Navy is aware that young people can slip into depression, and thus their work performance can be affected. ... IDENTIFY ANY THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEASURE I YOUR STUDY, BUT CAN NOT FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SO. ...

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Mazzoni made some illogical assumptions about how visible the heavens would be if the Earth truly moved. ... Galileo wrote to him to correct his errors by using simple geometry (Machamer 29). ... It caused a sensation. ...

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