Features of Science (F.O.R.E)

Question 1

What is Falsifiability?

Answer 1

It is the principle that a proposition or theory could only be considered scientific if in principle it was possible to establish it as false.
(a feature of science)

Question 2

What is objectivity?

Answer 2

If something is objective it is not affected by the personal feelings and experiences of the researcher.
(a feature of science)

Question 3

What is Replicability?

Answer 3

It means that a study should produce the same results if repeated exactly, either by the same researcher or by another.
(a feature of science)

Question 4

What is empirical methods?

Answer 4

An empirical method involves the use of objective, quantitative observation in a systematically controlled, replicable situation, in order to test or refine a theory, not rational argument.