[Week 1] Why Science?

Question 1

empirical methods

Answer 1

approaches to inquiry that are tied to actual measurement and observation

Question 2

ethics

Answer 2

professional guidelines that offer researchers a template for making decisions that protect research participants from potential harm and that help steer scientists away from conflicts of interest or other situations that might compromise the integrity of their research

Question 3

hypotheses

Answer 3

a logical idea that can be tested

Question 4

systematic observation

Answer 4

the careful observation of the natural world with the aim of better understanding it. Observations provide the basic data that allow scientists to track, tally, or otherwise organize information about the natural world.

Question 5

theories

Answer 5

groups of closely related phenomena or observations