Question

1. harvard student mark zuckerberg first launched a version of facebook in 2003.

a. fact
b. opinion

1. if money is, indeed, the mother’s milk of politics, efforts to make the money go away are not likely to work. (wilson and dilulio, american government, p. 246, © cengage learning.)

a. fact
b. opinion

1. social scientists have coined the term halo effect to describe the tendency to form an overall positive impression of a person on the basis of one positive characteristic. (adler and proctor, looking out/looking in, 12th ed., p. 104, © cengage learning.)

a. fact
b. opinion

1. bruno mars’s real name is peter gene hernandez, and he was born in hawaii.

a. fact
b. opinion

Explanation:

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A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false with evidence. The statement about Mark Zuckerberg launching a version of Facebook in 2003 can be verified with historical records, so it's a fact.

An opinion is a view or judgment that is not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. The statement "efforts to make the money go away are not likely to work" is a judgment about the outcome of such efforts, which is subjective and based on the author's view (even though it's from a textbook, it's a claim about likelihood, not a verifiable fact). So it's an opinion.

This statement describes a term coined by social scientists and its definition, which is a verifiable piece of information (we can check if social scientists did coin the term "halo effect" with that definition). So it's a fact.

Answer:

A. fact

Question 45