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| Two reasons for conducting scientific investigations. |
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- Establish Procedures
- Improving Quality of Life |
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| data can be counted or measured |
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| explantation formulated to answer the questions being investigated |
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| Steps to form a hypothesis... |
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1. Identify the problem
2. Ask questions
3. Formulate a hypthesis |
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| Order of a scientific argument? |
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1. Identify the problem
2. Ask questions
3. Form a hypothesis
4. Data Collection and Experimentation
5. Analysis
6. Conclusion
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1. Observation (direct or indirect)
2. Measurements
3. Samples (data from a subset of population)
4. Organization (tables/charts) |
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| comparing the control group and the experimental group. |
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| researchers must determine if the data is reliable and whether it supports the hypothesis |
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| How do scientific arguments change overtime? |
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- subjective bias
- duplicated results
- better data colelction due to technology
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| Why is scientific research is dependent on technology? |
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1. Data is recorded in numerical form
2. Describes mathematical relationships
3. Data is related by graphs and emperical formulas. |
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| Mathematics and Science has increased in the corporate world because... |
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1. intranet/internet
2. software of binary ditigal technology
3. fiber optics |
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| How does improved techbology lead to better scientific explanation? |
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| Improved technology allows for new explanations, such as smaller increments of time and length so that more precise data can be collected. |
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a method whereby conclusions follow from general principles
(leads to a specific conclusion)
Ex. 1. All men are mortal.
2. Sultan is a man.
Conclusion: Sultan is mortal. |
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a method of arriving at general principles from specific facts
(inductive reasoning relies on preponderance of information that leads to a certain degree of confidence in a conclusion)
Ex. 1. I observed the Sun setting this evening.
2. I have observed the Sun set daily, hundreds of times in my lifetime.
Conclusion: The Sun sets every day. |
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