Test 1

Question 0

What’s the least quality of evidence?

Answer 0

Personal intuition

Question 1

List the nine types of evidence

Answer 1

1. Personal intuition
2. Personal observation
3. Personal test-anomy
4. Analogy
5. Appeal to authority
6. Case study
7. Surveys
8. Statistics
9. Published scientific

Question 2

What’s the highest type of evidence?

Answer 2

Published scientific

Question 3

By what metric is evidence evaluated?

Answer 3

Public verifiability: degree to where to which can be reviewed by others

Question 4

How do scientists generate data (facts)?

Answer 4

Observation and experimental

Question 5

What is the least valued in science?

Answer 5

Fact

Question 6

What is the most valued in science?

Answer 6

Theory

Question 7

What is fact in science?

Answer 7

Fact is based on evidence/anything can be proven, truth statement, known and can be proven

Question 8

What is Law in science?

Answer 8

Law is something that is 100%proven correctly constant and something that nature follows

Question 9

What is theory in science?

Answer 9

Theory is something that has not been proven, it’s a guess, someone believes. Tested a lot but cannot be generally believe to be true, but not really proven.

Question 10

What is public verifiability?

Answer 10

It’s not good or bad but comes in low, medium, and high quality

1. Low
2. Medium
3. High

Question 11

What are the two arguments in science?

Answer 11

1. Descriptive (scientists usually use this)
   Attempt to describe the world as “is” and “are”
2. Prescriptive (politics usually use this)
   “Ought” “should”

Question 12

How does research become science? (How does this occur)

Answer 12

1. Repeatedly tested
2. Analysis, comparison and write up, back with evidence
3. Send it to an editor (personal organization) of a scientific journal, supports or valid arguments
4. Send it to three scientists peers
5. Majority vote for acceptance, collection of data via observation and experimentation
6. Published

Question 13

Why should/do societies (nation) do science?

Answer 13

1. Improve public human health
2. Financial improvement
3. Technology
4. Control over physical environment
5. Intrinsic value of knowing

Question 14

Why should/do individuals do science?

Answer 14

1. Understand things how they work, contribution to society
2. To answer questions, to satisfy curiosity, Talent competition
3. Be able to know and question, social esteem
4. To discover something new/educate others
5. Money
6. Noble intellectual property (government)