Kinesiology 2032A/B Lecture 2: Day 2 - 6 January 2016

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2032A/B
• Professor: Lindsay Nagamatsu

Document Summary

Intuition vs. authority vs. science: humans = we want to know answers (we question things, one way to answer questions: Intuition = what do we innately think the answer is? (using our knowledge) bias (not reliable) Authority = someone in power can tell us the answer (i. e. doctor, news reporter) bias (not reliable) Science = experiments to prove an answer. Science uses empiricism: use of objective observations to answer a question. Using an objective method to answer questions rather than a bias/subjective method. Brief list of steps (chart) to answer an objective question. 3. controlled experiment: you come up with an answer, seek to find the answer to prove hypothesis is true or false) This is an ongoing cycle that never ends. Scientific method steps: developing the problem (define & delimit it) Observations: can come from your curiosity, i wonder why this person did that action. Previous work/gaps in the literature: want to expand on previous researches.