FEATURES OF SCIENCE
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- Created on: 03-01-20 15:15
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- Features of science
- EMPIRICAL DATA
- data being collected through direct observation or experiment.
- does not rely on argument or belief
- carried out carefully and reported in detail so that other investigators can repeat and attempt to verify the work.
- OBJECTIVITY
- Researchers should remain totally value free
- remain totally unbiased in their investigations. I.e. Researchers are not influenced by personal feelings and experiences.
- all sources of bias are minimized and that personal or subjective ideas are eliminated.
- REPLICABILY
- whether a particular method and finding can be repeated with different/same people and/or on different occasions, to see if the results are similar.
- same results over and over again under the same conditions, we can be sure of their accuracy beyond reasonable doubt.
- CONTROL
- All extraneous variables need to be controlled to be able to establish cause and effect.
- FALSFICATION
- EMPIRICAL DATA
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