PSYCH 100B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operational Definition
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C science is always looking to see when it"s wrong ) objective unbiased evidence rigorous modified evidence theory in face of counter evidence. Based on some type of authority ) superstition maintained even. Counter evidence ( every hard to get people to change their mind ) Theory your story , how you explain your data and predict data that you don"t have interpret. Never say that theory is true new data are collected. You have to define what you mean ( researchers tend to make up their own definition for certain words. It"s important that the design is systematic and controlled. To make sure that your hypothesis is supported , you would want to repeatedly do experiments and collect numerous datus before determining that the hypothesis is reasonable. Rare when the results are so strange that it has to be replicated for someone to take it seriously conceptual.
