Features of Science

Question 1

Objective

Answer 1

• Free from Personal bias and opinion, it is a fact.
• Should not distort or influence the research process

Question 2

Theoretical

Answer 2

• Research should be based on investigations or theories made.

Question 3

Empirical

Answer 3

• Something which is based on the gathering of evidence and through direct observations or experience

Question 4

Rational

Answer 4

• Ideas that follow clear logic and straightforward ideas

Question 5

Replicable

Answer 5

• ” To make an exact copy of something”
  -If an investigation isn’t replicable then other researchers wouldn’t believe it
  -Allows for research to have higher validity
• higher reliability
  -Guards against fraud

Question 6

Falsification

Answer 6

-The idea or principle that a theory is NOT scientifically correct unless it admits to the possibility to be proven untrue

Question 7

Paradigm

Answer 7

• General perspective/method/system that is accepted by a majority of scientists or professionals in the same field
• Otherwise referred to as “shared assumptions”

Question 8

Corroborate

Answer 8

• A test that confirms the hypothesis/ theory
• Considered the opposite of falsification