SOSC Science Technology and Society Today: Review for final Material from Exam I, Exam II & post-Exam II December 7, 1998 Dr. Vincent Duffy - IEEM ieem.ust.hk/dfaculty/duffy/

Administrative Issues n Final - Tuesday, December 15, 8:30-11:30, G017. n Webpage u updated with review slides today u study slides, tutorials, news articles, and exams I & II n Exam content u approximately 1/3 from pre-exam I, 1/3 from pre-exam II and 1/3 from post-exam II u about 30 m.c. and 30 s.a. worth points and a few short essay - 5 points each 2

Correction n Exam II answers u from handout last Monday u m.c. answers u with blue or gray cover sheet (page 1) u 1a, 2b, 3e, 4d, 5e, 6e, 7e, 8b (all), 9b, 10e, 11a, 12d, 13e u See overhead and handout in class F you may want to throw away the old version

Multiple choice v How to get data for STS issues v Q1. Where do we get data for deciding STS issues? –A. Lawyers –B. Experts in the field –C. Salesmen –D. All of the above –E. None of the above 3

Multiple choice- how statistics can be misleading v Q2. From examples shown in class, what is the similarity between research in the courtroom and research for advertising? –A. they lie to stakeholders –B. they tell the whole truth –C. they tell the truth but not the whole truth –D. All of the above –E. None of the above 4

Multiple choice v Q3. As scientists, engineers and business people in the future, our role is likely to include: v A. evaluating alternatives v B. determining the impacts of changes in advance v C. working in groups v D. similar things to our role in the past v E. all of the above 5

Multiple choice v Q4. In the future new technology is likely to: –A. leave ordinary people with nothing to do –B. solve our ecological problems –C. continue to be introduced to society as in the past –D. all of the above –E. none of the above 6

Short answer v Do Statistics Lie? v Q5. Give an example from class for how statistics can be misleading. State the product, who was mislead, were the stakeholders. Give some detail. Tell your opinion about whether or not ethical principals were violated in this case. v Could use coke and how taste tests led them to use the new formula, but the tests were done blindly w/no knowledge of getting rid of old coke, coke hurt themself 7

Short answer - difference between research for Law and science v Q6. What are two differences between research for Law and research for Science purposes –1. Sometimes we have to trust people who may have a stake in the outcome/findings in research for Law –2. research for law -happens once, evidence –research for science- if something happens once, it is not considered enough –3. research for science - tell the whole truth –researh for law - dont have to disclose the whole truth 8

QOTD n What does the movie Metropolis (silent movie) have to do with us at UST, Hong Kong and China? How is early 20th century Europe similar to Hong Kong/China today? 9