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| Define scientific method. |
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| Method of studying nature based on systematic observation and rules of evidence. |
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| Define empirical evidence. |
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| Evidence based on observations of publicly observable phenomena, such as behavior, that can be confirmed by other observers. |
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| Define operational definition. |
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| Definition used in science that is explicitly based on the procedures, or operations, used to measure a scientific phenomenon, including behavior. |
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| Tentative explanations of facts and relationships in science. |
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| Prediction based on a theory that is tested in a study. |
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| Group of human or nonhuman research participants studied to learn about an entire population of human beings or animals. |
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| Repeating studies based on the scientific principle that the results of studies should be doubted until the same results have been found in similar studies by other researchers. |
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