How Science Works

Question 1

Give 4 strengths on scientific method

Answer 1

Cause and effect to be established

Replicability (increase reliability if consistent results occur)

Increases objectivity (reduces subjectivity and possibility of experimenter influencing finding)

Allows quantitative data ( allows comparisons to be made between individual group)

Question 2

What does cause and effect allow you to do?

Answer 2

You can establish if an individual factor affects behaviour

Question 3

What is the name given to the type of reasoning where a theory is established first and then data obtained to test if it is true?

A) deductive
B) inductive
C) syllogistic
D) systematic

1 mark

Answer 3

A - deductive