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Reasoning skills for law enforcement exams.

2010

Format:	Book
Title:	Reasoning skills for law enforcement exams.
Edition:	First edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York, New York : LearningExpress, [2010] ©2010
Description:	xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm illustration
Summary:	Synopsis: Critical Thinking for Law Enforcement Exams provides law enforcement candidates the vital problem-solving skills they need to ace various exams including the Police Officer Exam, Border Patrol Exam, State Police Exam, and Probation/Parole Officer Exam. This book sharpens the logical reasoning and deductive skills needed on multiple-choice questions. With this title, you will solve problems logically, from brainstorming to following through with a sensible solution. It also includes additional online instantly-scored practice questions with detailed answers and explanations.
Subjects:	Law enforcement -- Examinations -- Study guides. Reasoning. Problem solving.
Other Author:	LearningExpress (Organization)
Other Title:	Complete test preparation. Reasoning skills for law enforcement exams
Notes:	"Essential for police, border patrol, homeland security, state trooper, and other exam success!"--Cover.
Contents:	How to use this book -- Lesson 1: Critical thinking and reasoning skills -- Lesson 2: Problem-solving strategies -- Lesson 3: Thinking versus knowing -- Lesson 4: Who make the claim? -- Lesson 5: Partial claims and half-truths -- Lesson 6: What's in a word? -- Lesson 7: Working with arguments -- Lesson 8: Evaluating evidence -- Lesson 9: Recognizing a good argument -- Lesson 10: Putting it all together -- Lesson 11: Logical fallacies: appeals to emotion -- Lesson 12: Logical fallacies: the impostors -- Lesson 13: Logical fallacies: Distracters and distorters -- Lesson 14: Making judgment calls -- Lesson 15: Why did it happen? -- Lesson 16: Inductive reasoning -- Lesson 17: Jumping to conclusions -- Lesson 18: More inductive reasoning -- Lesson 19: Number never lie -- Lesson 20: Problem solving revisited -- Lesson 21: Putting it all together -- Lesson 22: Critical think/logical reasoning and law enforcement exams -- Appendix: How to prepare for a test.
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LCCN:	2009036631
ISBN:	9781576857236 1576857239
Other Number:	437306000
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Critical Thinking for Law Enforcement Exams provides law enforcement candidates the vital problem-solving skills they need to ace various exams including the Police Officer Exam, Border Patrol Exam, State Police Exam, and Probation/Parole Officer Exam. This book sharpens the logical reasoning and deductive skills needed on multiple-choice questions. With this title, you will solve problems logically, from brainstorming to following through with a sensible solution. It also includes additional online instantly-scored practice questions with detailed answers and explanations.

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