PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Energy Drink, Confounding, List Of Fables Characters
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Goal of any scientist is to gather new info to understand how the world works, they do this either by. The scientific method: construct a theory, generate hypothesis, choose research method, collect data, analyze data, report the findings, revise existing theories. Theory: collect a general set of ideas about the way the world works. Hypothesis: form a testable statement guided by theories that make specific predictions about the relationship between variables. Research method: determine the way in which the hypothesis will be tested. Collect data: take measurements of the outcomes of the test. Analyze data: understand the data and discover trends or relationships between the variables. Revise theories: incorporate new information into our understanding of the world. Anecdotal evidence: evidence gathered from others or self experiment. Experiment: scientific tool used to measure the effect on variable on another. Dependent variable: variable being observed by the scientist.
