Chapter 3 - Experimental Standards Flashcards

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Rule of Parsimony

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In science, explanations and experiments should be as simple as possible and not needlessly over complicated.

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Falsifiability

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The requirement that scientific theories must be stated in such a way that they can be tested and disproved if it does happen to be wrong.

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Critical Theorists

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Scholars who use communication in order to help underprivileged people advance and improve society.

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Ethnography

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Method of research in which a researcher immerses themself directly into another culture to study it.

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