Features of science

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Objctivity

Objectivity is when all sources of personal bias are minimised so as not to distort ot influence the research process.

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Empirical Method

Scientific approaches that are based on the gathering of envidence through direct observation and experience

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Replicability

Is the extent to which scientific procedures and findings can be repeated by other researchers.

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Falsifiability

Karl Popper - The principle that a theory cannot be considered scientific unless it admits the possibility of being untrue.

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Paradigms

Thomas Kuhn - A set of shared assumptions and agreed methods within scientific discipline.

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Paradigm shift

The result of scientific revolution - A significant change in the dominant unifying theory within a scientific discipline.

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