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| Steps of the scientific method |
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| observation->hypothesis->predictions->test |
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| (Kick it and see) remove one species does another move in. |
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| nature does the manipulations |
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Famous for walden
Espoused "natural living" |
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| Spearman rank correlation |
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does now meet normality & other assumptions
have two measurement variables and a nominal variable
Measurmenes are "paired" by nominal (name) variable
transform measurments to ranks (sort them biggest = first) |
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| ANCOVA Analysis of covariance |
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way to ask if two regression lines are different from each other
have two measurement variables and a nominal variable |
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| Knowledge and the systematic process of gaining it. (both a noun and a verb) |
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| observations and an explination that was passed along as folklore (related to survival in early societies - john ate plant, now john dead, now i no eat plant-) |
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| father of scientific method |
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made up of a major premise, a minor premise and a conclusion. Example
Major premis=all humans are mortal
minor premise=i am a human
conclusion=therefore, i am mortal |
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inferring from the specific to general
collect a huge body of observations
look for patterns
draw a conclusion from observations |
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| When is inductive inference handy? |
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| hypothetico-deductive method |
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"Modern" scientific method
to be acceptable, hypothesis needs to be falsifiable
predictions (are quantifiable if x is true than predict y and z) |
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| creator of the modern scientific method |
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