Directions: For each question, circle one of "Yes" , "No" , or "Not necessarily". Examples: "1+1=2" would be "Yes" ; "2 is an odd number" would be "No" ; and "p is a prime number. Is p is odd?" would be "Not necessarily".

    About yourself: 
    Your SSU ID (same as your social security number): ____________________
(Your Name: ____________________ (this info will be discarded after matching))
Your gender: __________

Year in college (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or please explain if other): __________

You are taking this questionnaire in (circle one): 

     Math 103 / Math 155 / Math 200 / Math 201 / Math 202 

For the statement "I am good at math", do you (circle one):

(Strongly agree)   (Agree)   (Neutral)   (Disagree)   (Strongly disagree)

For the statement "I like math", do you (circle one):

(Strongly agree)   (Agree)   (Neutral)   (Disagree)   (Strongly disagree)

  1. Suppose that on Mars, any glork which blogs must also gimble. If a glork does not gimble, does it blog? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  2. On Mars, a creature which is frumious always whiffles. Suppose a certain creature (the Jubjub) does whiffle. Are jubjubs frumious? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  3. On planet Zaphod, all sloophs are jimbish, and creatures who are not sloophs are never glurpish. Given a glurpish creature, is it jimbish? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  4. Every hooloovoo is a snarkoid. Creatures who are not gorks are not hooloovoos. Is every snarkoid a gork? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  5. If dlabekish monoids drangle crinkly bindlewurdles, they do not hooptiously skew gobberwarts. It has been recently discovered that dlabekish monoids do not hooptiously skew gobberwarts. Do dlabekish monoids drangle crinkly bindlewurdles? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  6. All prodactylic blibblephogs are snooflishly torindilic zaggylaphs. Xoronkev is a prodactylic blibblephog. Is Xoronkev a snooflishly torindilic zaggylaph? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  7. Xerfs which glorgle flaggishly spend Xanadu holomorphically. Creatures which are not commutative do not spend Xanadu holomorphically. Are Xerfs which glorgle flaggishly commutative? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  8. Vogons having frettled gruntbugglies do not walk away from Omelas provided that zoorewims flonggle. Vogons having frettled gruntbugglies do walk away from Omelas. Do zoorewims flonggle? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  9. Whenever it's a rainy day, glorks phlapenaggle red shirts. Today, it is not raining. Are the glorks phlapenaggling red shirts? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  10. Exabiffs which trunddle herbariously do prevankerize lurgidly. Those who prevankerize lurgidly always groop their foonting turlingdromes. Do Exabiffs which trunddle herbariously groop their foonting turlingdromes? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  11. If it is raining, then Tom wears a red shirt. If Tom wears a red shirt, then Susan bakes a cake. It is raining. Does Susan bake a cake? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  12. If the man is friendly, then the woman is sad. The man is not friendly. Is the woman sad? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  13. The cat does not growl if the dog bites the bread. The cat does growl. Does the dog bite the bread? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  14. If the bat flies high, then the fish swims deeply. If the soup is not salty, then the fish does not swim deeply. The bat flies high. Is the soup salty? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  15. If the couch is soft, then the chair is hard. The couch is soft. Is the chair hard? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  16. If the egg is cooked, then the milk is not sour. The milk is not sour. Is the egg cooked? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  17. If the paper is white, then the desk is brown. If the moon is not bright, then the paper is not white. Is it true that if the desk is brown, then the moon must be bright? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  18. If the butter churns, then the coffee perks. If the butter does not churn, then the moss is not green. Is it true that if the moss is green then the coffee must perk? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  19. If the beans are greasy, then the car needs washing. The car needs washing. Are the beans greasy? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  20. If the salad is fresh, then the pigs are squealing. The pigs are not squealing. Is the salad fresh? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

    In the following, X and Y are statements.

  21. Suppose X implies Y. Suppose Y is false. Is X true? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  22. Suppose X implies Y. Suppose Y is true. Is X true? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  23. Suppose Y implies Z and suppose that whenever Y is false, X is false. Does X imply Z? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  24. Suppose that X implies Y, and suppose that if Z is false, then X is false. Does Y imply Z? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  25. Suppose that if X is true, then Y is false Suppose that Y is false. Is X true? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  26. Suppose that X implies Y. Suppose that X is true. Is Y true? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  27. Suppose that X implies Y and suppose that whenever Z is false, Y must be false. Does X imply Z? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  28. Suppose that whenever X is true, Y must be false. Suppose that Y is true. Is X true? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  29. Suppose that X implies Y. Suppose X is false. Is Y false? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

  30. Suppose that X implies Y. Suppose also that Y implies Z. Does X imply Z? (Yes)(No)(Not Necessarily)

Short paragraph questions.

  1. While answering the above questions, were there things you figured-out, re-learned, or remembered about math? If so, what? Did you go back to any question to correct your answer? Please be as specific as possible.







  2. While answering the above questions, were there things you were (or became) confused about? Mathematically? Or about the wording? If so, what? Please be as specific as possible







  3. John Longlife was born on January 1, 1900. It was discovered by scientists shortly after his birth that, due to a genetic anomaly in John's DNA, he is immortal; i.e., that he will never die. Rutherford Daily, senior reporter for the National Times, recently interviewed John Longlife. During the interview, the reporter asked John how he feels "to know that, at some point in the future, you will be infinity days old, having seen an infinite number of sunsets?" If John always answers questions truthfully and correctly, how would John answer?











  4. Consider the statement "If glimmerles are flondish, then all kelevs dringle". Suppose we know that glimmerles are not flondish. Is the statement in quotes true? (Yes)(No)(Not Enough Information) 


added after the survey was given, as changes for
future editions of the instrument. MAybe also change "not enoguh info"
to "not enough clues" to avoid students confuse "Y is not a valid
conclusion" with "Y is false"