BIOB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Field Experiment, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Thermodynamic Potential
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The scientific method observe hypothesis test hypothesis (modify hypothesis) establish theory: no two organisms or situations in nature are exactly the same. Natural. : organisms and ecosystems are dynamic they are constantly changing and developing. No two moments in time are exactly alike: we cannot truly account for the past. We don"t completely know what factors influenced the development of an individual, community or ecosystem that led it to its current state: we cannot measure or account for all variables, or even most of them. Sometimes we don"t even know what to measure: the world is changing rapidly at every scale. No ecosystem is pure or untouched by human alterations at this point. Observational studies (field not experimental) not published very often anymore e. g. natural history recorded the abundance and distribution of species forming the hypotheses: record data noting important ecological and environmental correlates. asking questions about patterns observed in nature.
