This is an "either/or" question, because you have the option to participate either in-person or in the online discussion.

If you are participating in person: "I participated at least 3 times in class today, either in small groups, the large class, or a combination." (answer yes or no)

OR!!!

If you are participating in the online discussion: "I contributed at least 150 words total to the online discussion." (answer yes or no)

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This is an "either/or" question, because you have the option to participate either in-person or in the online discussion.

If you are participating in person: "I participated at least 3 times in class today, either in small groups, the large class, or a combination." (answer yes or no)

OR!!!

If you are participating in the online discussion: "I contributed at least 150 words total to the online discussion." (answer yes or no)

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Here is how to approach this question step by step, given the information provided:

The prompt describes an either/or setup: you choose either in-person participation or online discussion participation. Each path has its own required criterion to answer “yes.”

First, restating the two branches clearly:
- If you are participating in person, you should answer yes only if you participated at least 3 times in class today, in small groups, the large class, or a combination.
- If you are participating online, you should answer yes only if you contributed at least 150 words total to the online discussion.

Important note: The answer options for this question are missing in the provided data. Without explicit answer choices to map to these two branches, we cannot definitively select which option corresponds to which condition or to verify correctness against a list of options. The given answer array contains a single string, "yes", but there is no set of labeled options to evaluate this against.

Now, analyzing what each option would mean if it existed:
- If an option stated something like, “Yes, because I contributed at least 3 times in person today,” it would be correct for the in-person path, assuming that you indeed met the 3-times criterion.
- If an option stated something like, “Yes, because I contributed at least 150 words online,” it would be correct for the online path, assuming you met the 150-word threshold.
- Any option that asserts a blanket yes regardless of mode would be incorrect, since the requirement depends on the chosen participation mode and its specific criterion.

Common misconceptions to watch for:
- Believing both paths apply simultaneously in a single yes/no response: the question is structured as an either/or, so you pick the path you participated in and evaluate the corresponding criterion.
- Thinking the criteria are interchangeable or that one criterion covers both modes: the 3-times-in-person and 150-words-online are distinct standards.
- Assuming there is always a yes: if you did not meet the criterion for the mode you used, the correct response would be no.

Because the actual answer choices are missing, the provided answer "yes" cannot be definitively validated against concrete options. If you have the list of answer options, I can map each option to the corresponding in-person or online criterion and explain which one is correct and why for each choice.

PHIL 220-001 Thurs 4/17 Attendance and Participation (Harding)

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