The Scientific Method

Question 1

scientific method - hypothetic-deductive model

Answer 1

1. hypothesis formation
2. falsification
3. empirical evidence
4. replication
5. accumulation of evidence
6. prediction
7. theory formation
8. scrutiny

Question 2

scientific method - falsification

Answer 2

popper

a theory shouldn’t be described as scientific unless proven false

Question 3

scientific method - falsification (all swans are white)

Answer 3

can’t be proven true as there is a possibility of finding an exception but it can be proven wrong by one non-white swan

Question 4

scientific method - falsification (what should researchers aim?)

Answer 4

to falsify their hypothesis rather than prove it as true

Question 5

scientific method - falsification (which hypothesis is disregarded?)

Answer 5

hypothesis that can’t be disapproved can’t become accepted as a scientific hypothesis

Question 6

scientific method - objectivity

Answer 6

researcher must be open-minded & consider all possibilities/evidence

Question 7

scientific method - value freedom

Answer 7

keeping personal prejudices, options and values out of research process

Question 8

scientific method - what should be findings open to?

Answer 8

inspection and criticism