(26) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the principle of residues?
(27) State the principle which virtually sums up the five methods.
(28) Write briefly on the practical applications of the five methods to the ordinary walks of life.
11. QUESTIONS FOR ORIGINAL THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION.
(1) Trace the connection between the method of agreement and induction by simple enumeration.
(2) Show that Mill’s methods may properly be termed “Inductive Methods of Scientific Investigation.”
(3) How may it be shown by “agreement” that the high cost of living is due to the tendency to spend more than we earn?
(4) Assume that you are a member of the Board of Health, and that you desire to ascertain the cause of the diphtheria epidemic by means of the principle of agreement.
(5) What is the error involved in coming to the conclusion that to sit at table where there are thirteen, may mean the death of one of the thirteen before the end of the year.
(6) Indicate how it could be shown, by the method of difference, that the mosquito is responsible for the propagation of yellow fever.